Flora of Newfoundland and Labrador
Flora of Newfoundland and Labrador
Saxifragaceae/Saxifragacées - Saxifrage Family
Saxifraga hyperborea R.Br.
En: pygmy saxifrage, arctic saxifrage
Fr: saxifrage hyperboréale
Provincial Status: L
Range: Arctic-alpine circumpolar, nLab.

[=Saxifraga cernua L. var. debilis (Engelm. ex A.Gray) Engl.]
[=Saxifraga debilis Engelm. ex A.Gray]
[=Saxifraga flexuosa Sternb.]
[=Saxifraga hyperborea R.Br. subsp. debilis (Engelm. ex A.Gray) Á.Löve, D.Löve, & B.M.Kapoor]
[=Saxifraga rivularis L. forma hyperborea (R.Br.) Hook.]
[=Saxifraga rivularis L. forma purpurascens (Lange) Engl. Irmsch.]
[=Saxifraga rivularis L. subsp. hyperborea (R.Br.) Dorn]
[=Saxifraga rivularis L. var. debilis (Engelm. ex A.Gray) Dorn]
[=Saxifraga rivularis L. var. flexuosa (Sternb.) Engl. & Irmsch.]
[=Saxifraga rivularis L. var. hyperborea (R.Br.) Hook.]
[=Saxifraga rivularis L. var. purpurascens Lange]

[Saxifraga hyperborea is treated as a dwarf extreme of Saxifraga rivularis by Scoggan (1978) and other authors, but chromosome counts of Saxifraga rivularis (2n=56) differ from those of Saxifraga hyperborea (2n=26). Although known from Labrador, its complete range has not been verified.]

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