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§1 Plant — subspecies · Saxifragaceae

Saxifraga oppositifolia L. ssp. oppositifolia

vernacular purple mountain saxifrage


USDA
SAOPO
GBIF
7219291
Rank
subspecies
purple mountain saxifrage (Saxifraga oppositifolia ssp. oppositifolia)
Platephotograph · Anthony B. ZerafaCC BY-NC source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Duration
Perennial
Group
Dicot
Family
Saxifragaceae Juss.
Genus
Saxifraga
§2a

Native status, by region

  • AK Alaska Native
  • CAN Canada Native
  • GL Greenland Native
  • L48 Lower 48 States Native

§3Cultivation

No cultivation specs.

USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.


§4Montana distribution

Recorded in 5 of 56 Montana counties.


§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/SAOPO ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/7219291 ↗

Record version

Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:

usda-plants-mt-2026-05-25

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