saxifraga

1. Type genus of the Saxifragaceae;
   Large genus of usually perennial herbs of Arctic and cool regions of northern hemisphere: saxifrage (synset 112813398)
   is a type of: rosid dicot genus - a genus of dicotyledonous plants
   member holonym:

   • breakstone, rockfoil, saxifrage - any of various plants of the genus Saxifraga
   • saxifraga aizoides, yellow mountain saxifrage - tufted evergreen perennial having ciliate leaves and yellow corymbose flowers often spotted orange
   • fair-maids-of-france, meadow saxifrage, saxifraga granulata - rosette-forming perennial having compact panicles of white flowers; Europe
   • mossy saxifrage, saxifraga hypnoides - tufted or mat-forming perennial of mountains of Europe; cultivated for its white flowers
   • saxifraga occidentalis, western saxifrage - saxifrage having loose clusters of white flowers on hairy stems growing from a cluster of basal leaves; moist slopes of western North America
   • purple saxifrage, saxifraga oppositifolia - plants forming dense cushions with bright reddish-lavender flowers; rocky areas of Europe and Asia and western North America
   • saxifraga stellaris, star saxifrage, starry saxifrage - small often mat-forming alpine plant having small starlike white flowers; Europe
   • mother-of-thousands, saxifraga sarmentosam, saxifraga stolonifera, strawberry geranium, strawberry saxifrage - eastern Asiatic saxifrage with racemes of small red-and-white flowers; spreads by numerous creeping stolons
   belongs to: family saxifragaceae, saxifragaceae, saxifrage family - a large and diverse family of evergreen or deciduous herbs; widely distributed in northern temperate and cold regions; sometimes includes genera of the family Hydrangeaceae
   same as: genus saxifraga

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