Saxifraga aizoides
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{{Redirect-distinguish-text|Yellow saxifrage|Yellow marsh saxifrage (S. hirculus)}}
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Saxifraga aizoides, yellow mountain saxifrage or yellow saxifrage, is a flowering alpine plant of the genus Saxifraga.[https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=24250 ITIS—Integrated Taxonomic Information System: Saxifraga aizoides]
Description
Distribution
It prefers cold and moist well-draining neutral to basic bedrock, gravel, sand, or shale cliff environments. It is found in: North America, including Alaska, across Canada, the Great Lakes region, and Greenland; and in Europe, including the Tatra Mountains, Alps, and Svalbard.[https://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=SAAI USDA] . accessed 5.14.2013
It is a listed threatened species in New York state.[http://www.acris.nynhp.org/guide.php?id=9347 New York Natural Heritage Program: Saxifraga aizoides]
References
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External links
- [http://www.topwalks.net/plants/yellow/saxifraga_aizoides_more.htm Topwalks: Saxifraga aizoides]
- [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Saxifraga+aizoides Saxifraga aizoides — U.C. Photo gallery]
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Category:Flora of Northern America
Category:Threatened flora of the United States
Category:Plants described in 1753
Category:Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
Category:Flora of the Carpathians
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