Alpine Saxifrage
Alpine saxifrage is a common name for several different plants and may refer to: * In Eurasia, it usually means ''Micranthes nivalis'' (Snow saxifrage) * In North America, it usually means ''Micranthes nidifica'' (Peak saxifrage) * One of the common names of ''Saxifraga paniculata'' is alpine saxifrage * Alpine saxifrage is a common name for ''Saxifraga gaspensis'' See also * Saxifraga ''Saxifraga'' is the largest genus in the family Saxifragaceae, containing about 473 species of holarctic perennial plants, known as saxifrages or rockfoils. The Latin word ''saxifraga'' means literally "stone-breaker", from Latin ' ("rock" or " ...

Micranthes Nivalis
''Micranthes nivalis'' is a plant species in the saxifrage family. It is commonly called snow saxifrage or (ambiguously) alpine saxifrage. ''Micranthes nivalis'' is a perennial plant which grows on damp, shady, base-rich rocks and cliffs where it normally occurs in crevices and on ledges in locations where it cannot be crowded out by competing plants. In Britain the highest altitudes are recorded in Scotland, from at Quiraing in the Western Isles,to on Ben Lawers in Perth & Kinross. However it has been claimed as high as in the Cairngorms. It grows to a height of with a leafless, hairy stalk. The flower is greenish white turning reddish as it ages with 5 petals and 5 sepals. The leathery, greyish green, rhomboidal leaves make up a rosette at the base of the stem and lie close to the soil surface, and are only sparsely haired. The Latin specific epithet ''nivalis'' means "as white as snow', or "growing near snow". This species is also found in Norway, Ireland, Svalbard, n ...
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Micranthes Nidifica
''Micranthes nidifica'', the peak saxifrage, is a species of plant in the saxifrage family. It is native to the northwestern United States, where it grows in moist habitat, often in mountainous areas. It is a perennial herb growing from a caudex and system of rhizomes and producing a basal rosette of leaves. Each leaf is up to 10 centimeters long with a smooth-edged or minutely toothed blade on a thin petiole. The inflorescence An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches. Morphologically, it is the modified part of the shoot of seed plants where flowers are formed o ... arises on a peduncle up to half a meter tall and bears clusters of flowers with white petals. External linksJepson Manual Treatment: var. ''nidifica''
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Saxifraga Paniculata
''Saxifraga paniculata'' is an alpine species of flowering plant in the saxifrage family, with native distribution in the temperate northern hemisphere. Common names include alpine saxifrage, encrusted saxifrage, lifelong saxifrage, lime-encrusted saxifrage, livelong saxifrage, white mountain saxifrage, and silver saxifrage. Taxonomy and naming ''Saxifraga paniculata'' was first formally described in the eighth edition of ''The Gardeners Dictionary'' by the Scottish botanist Philip Miller in 1768 and is placed in the genus ''Saxifraga'' (the saxifrages) and in the Saxifragaceae family. The generic name ''Saxifraga'' literally means "stone-breaker", from Latin ' ("rock" or "stone") + ' ("to break"). It is usually thought to indicate a medicinal use for treatment of urinary calculi (such as kidney stones), rather than breaking rocks apart. Description ''Saxifraga paniculata'' is a perennial and stoloniferous herbaceous plant with flowering stems 10–30 cm in height. ...
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