Saxifragaceae

Saxifragaceae is a family of flowering plants that varies between annuals, biennials, evergreen and herbaceous perennials. Difficult to pin down their uniqueness. There are about 35 genera in the family. More popular genera include Astilbe, of False goat’s beard with it’s very colourful fluffy spikes.

Saxifraga cotyledon

Saxifraga cotyledon is a beautiful arctic-alpine flowering plant that grows in Iceland, Scandinavia the Alps and Pyrenees. The flowering stem comes from a rosette of…