Plants of USA and Canada

Scientific or common name:

Saxifraga nivalis L.


SAXIFRAGACEAE Family selection - Saxifrage family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)

Taxon Page:

Name: Saxifraga nivalis L. Taxon selection
Nomencl. ref.: Sp. Pl. 1: 401. 1753 [1 May 1753]
Rank: species

pictures Images of Saxifraga nivalis


Common names

US name U.S. name: Alpine saxifrage

Grown habit: Forb/herb
Duration: Perennial
 

Synonyms:
= Micranthes nivalis (L.) Small


Subspecies / Varieties:
1) Saxifraga nivalis L. var. gaspensis (Fernald) B. Boivin
2) Saxifraga nivalis L. var. rufopilosa Hultén
3) Saxifraga nivalis L. var. tenuis Wahlenb.



TAXONOMY

Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Rosidae
Order: Rosales
Family: Saxifragaceae
Genus: Saxifraga
Species:


Page counter: 532 ( AVG: 222.01 / 291.019 )



Gallery:

Saxifraga nivalis
Saxifraga nivalis
USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 2: 218.

Saxifraga nivalis
Saxifraga nivalis
Walter Hood Fitch - Illustrations of the British Flora (1924) - Permission granted to use under GFDL by Kurt Stueber. Source: www.biolib.de - Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this image under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License".


text Search for more information on the Web



All families All genera

Links:
- The New Plantfinder - Images and local names of vascular plants - Project Dryades / KeyToNature, coordinated by the Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste
- Lichens - Interactive identification keys to the lichens
- Acta Plantarum - Forum and Image Gallery (Plants, Animals, Mushrooms)




Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (AK), CAN (AB, BC, LB, NT, NU, QC, YT), DEN (GL)

Distributional map for Saxifraga nivalis L.
Map for Saxifraga nivalis L.
(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA



Kingdoms
(Select a kingdom and click on Ok)



Divisions
(Select a division and click on Ok)



Classes
(Select a class and click on Ok)



Families
(Select a family and click on Ok)



Genera (Saxifragaceae)
(Select a genus and click on Ok)



Common names (Saxifraga)
(Select a common name and click on Ok)



More species:
1) Saxifraga nivalis L. var. rufopilosa Hultén [88]
2) Saxifraga nivalis L. var. tenuis Wahlenb. [88]
3) Saxifraga occidentalis S. Watson var. dentata (Engl. & Irmsch.) C.L. Hitchc. [88]
4) Saxifraga oppositifolia L. ssp. oppositifolia [899]
5) Saxifraga oregana Howell var. subpetala (E.E. Nelson) C.L. Hitchc. [142]
6) Saxifraga peltata Torr. ex Benth. [93]
7) Saxifraga pensylvanica L. var. purpuripetala (A.M. Johnson) Bush [156]
8) Saxifraga punctata L. var. porsildiana (Calder & Savile) B. Boivin [89]
9) Saxifraga rivularis L. var. debilis (Engelm. ex A. Gray) Dorn [88]
10) Saxifraga stolonifera Meerb. [2034]

26-Apr-2024 - Week-17





Privacy Policy - Personalizza tracciamento pubblicitario