''Saxifraga svalbardensis'' is a species of flowering plant in the family

Saxifragaceae Saxifragaceae is a family of Herbaceous plant, herbaceous Perennial plant, perennial flowering plants, within the core eudicot Order (biology), order Saxifragales. The Taxonomy (biology), taxonomy of the family has been greatly revised and the ...

, endemic to

Svalbard Svalbard ( , ), previously known as Spitsbergen or Spitzbergen, is a Norway, Norwegian archipelago that lies at the convergence of the Arctic Ocean with the Atlantic Ocean. North of continental Europe, mainland Europe, it lies about midway be ...

. It arose, probably after the end of the last ice age, as a hybrid between '' Saxifraga rivularis'' (the seed parent) and '' S.cernua'' (the pollen parent).

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svalbardensis Flora of Svalbard Plants described in 1975 {{Saxifragaceae-stub