PLANTS Profile for Saxifraga oppositifolia (purple mountain saxifrage)

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PLANTS Profile

Saxifraga oppositifolia L.
purple mountain saxifrage

Symbol:

SAOP

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Saxifragaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
AK		N
CAN		N
GL		N

More Information:

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Saxifraga oppositifolia L.

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Distribution:
Saxifraga oppositifolia L.


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AK, CO, ID, MT, NY, OR, VT, WA, WY), CAN (AB, BC, LB, MB, NF, NS, NT, NU, ON, QC, YT), DEN (GL)

Related Taxa:
Saxifraga oppositifolia L.

View 25 genera in Saxifragaceae, 72 species in Saxifraga or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Distribution of Saxifraga oppositifolia L. ssp. glandulisepala Hultén. .

Saxifraga oppositifolia ssp. glandulisepala
purple mountain saxifrage

Distribution of Saxifraga oppositifolia L. ssp. oppositifolia. . Image Available.

Saxifraga oppositifolia ssp. oppositifolia
purple mountain saxifrage

Distribution of Saxifraga oppositifolia L. ssp. smalliana (Engl. & Irmsch.) Hultén. .

Saxifraga oppositifolia ssp. smalliana
purple mountain saxifrage

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Saxifraga oppositifolia L.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Rosales
Family	Saxifragaceae – Saxifrage family
Genus	Saxifraga L. – saxifrage
Species	Saxifraga oppositifolia L. – purple mountain saxifrage

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Saxifraga oppositifolia L.

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

New York:
purple mountain-saxifrage		Endangered

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Saxifraga oppositifolia L.

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

Reg. A

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Reg. H

FACU-,FAC

FAC

FACU-

FAC

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Saxifraga oppositifolia L.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 24230.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View 1 propagation protocol from Native Plants Network.

View species account, photographs, and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

Time Generated: 05/19/2013 08:36 PM CDT