#family_Saxifragaceae__Saxifragaceae__saxifrage_family__saxifragefamily a large and diverse family of evergreen or deciduous herbs; widely distributed in northern temperate and cold regions; sometimes includes genera of the family Hydrangeaceae
supertype: #rosid_dicot_family__rosiddicotfamily a family of dicotyledonous plants
member of: #order_Rosales
member: #genus_Saxifraga__Saxifraga type genus of the Saxifragaceae; large genus of usually perennial herbs of arctic and cool regions of northern hemisphere: saxifrage
member: #saxifrage__breakstone__rockfoil any of various plants of the genus Saxifraga
member: #yellow_mountain_saxifrage__Saxifraga_aizoides tufted evergreen perennial having ciliate leaves and yellow corymbose flowers often spotted orange
member: #meadow_saxifrage__fair-maids-of-France__Saxifraga_granulata rosette-forming perennial having compact panicles of white flowers; Europe
member: #mossy_saxifrage__mossysaxifrage__Saxifraga_hypnoides tufted or mat-forming perennial of mountains of Europe; cultivated for its white flowers
member: #western_saxifrage__westernsaxifrage__Saxifraga_occidentalis saxifrage having loose clusters of white flowers on hairy stems growing from a cluster of basal leaves; moist slopes of western North America
member: #purple_saxifrage__Saxifraga_oppositifolia plants forming dense cushions with bright reddish-lavender flowers; rocky areas of Europe and Asia and western North America
member: #star_saxifrage__starry_saxifrage__Saxifraga_stellaris small often mat-forming alpine plant having small starlike white flowers; Europe
member: #strawberry_geranium__strawberry_saxifrage__mother-of-thousands__Saxifraga_stolonifera__Saxifraga_sarmentosam eastern Asiatic saxifrage with racemes of small red-and-white flowers; spreads by numerous creeping stolons
member: #genus_Astilbe chiefly Asiatic perennials: spirea
member: #astilbe any plant of the genus Astilbe having compound leaves and showy panicles of tiny colorful flowers
member: #genus_Bergenia genus of perennial spring-blooming rhizomatous herbs with thick evergreen leaves; eastern Asia
member: #bergenia any plant of the genus Bergenia; valued as an evergreen ground cover and for the spring blossoms
member: #genus_Boykinia__Boykinia genus of perennial rhizomatous herbs with flowers in panicles; North America; Japan
member: #coast_boykinia__coastboykinia__Boykinia_elata__Boykinia_occidentalis plant with leaves mostly at the base and openly branched clusters of small white flowers; western North America
member: #genus_Chrysosplenium__Chrysosplenium genus of widely distributed semiaquatic herbs with minute greenish-yellow apetalous flowers
member: #golden_saxifrage__golden_spleen any of various low aquatic herbs of the genus Chrysosplenium
member: #water_carpet__watercarpet__water_mat__watermat__Chrysosplenium_americanum aquatic herb with yellowish flowers; central and western United States
member: #genus_Darmera__Darmera__Peltiphyllum__genus_Peltiphyllum 1 species
member: #umbrella_plant__Indian_rhubarb__Darmera_peltata__Peltiphyllum_peltatum rhizomatous perennial herb with large dramatic peltate leaves and white to bright pink flowers in round heads on leafless stems; colonizes stream banks in the California Sierra Nevada
member: #genus_Francoa__Francoa perennial evergreen herbs with white or pink flowers; Chile
member: #bridal_wreath__Francoa_ramosa Chilean evergreen shrub having delicate spikes of small white flowers
member: #genus_Heuchera__Heuchera genus of North American herbs with basal cordate or orbicular leaves and small panicled flowers
member: #alumroot__alumbloom any of several herbs of the genus Heuchera
member: #poker_alumroot__pokeralumroot__poker_heuchera__pokerheuchera__Heuchera_cylindrica plant with leathery heart-shaped leaf blades clustered at base of long stalks with greenish-white flowers clustered along the upper part; western North America
member: #coralbells__Heuchera_sanguinea perennial plant of the western United States having bright red flowers in feathery spikes; used as an ornamental
member: #genus_Leptarrhena__Leptarrhena 1 species: leatherleaf saxifrage
member: #leatherleaf_saxifrage__leatherleafsaxifrage__Leptarrhena_pyrolifolia plant with basal leathery elliptic leaves and erect leafless flower stalks each bearing a dense roundish cluster of tiny white flowers; moist places of northwestern North America to Oregon and Idaho
member: #genus_Lithophragma__Lithophragma small genus of perennial herbs of the western North America
member: #woodland_star__Lithophragma_affine__Lithophragma_affinis__Tellima_affinis California perennial herb cultivated for its racemose white flowers with widely spreading petals; sometimes placed in genus Tellima
member: #prairie_star__prairiestar__Lithophragma_parviflorum plant with mostly basal leaves and slender open racemes of white or pale pink flowers; prairies and open forest of northwestern United States to British Columbia and Alberta
member: #genus_Mitella__Mitella genus of low slender herbs of North America and northeastern Asia having flowers with trifid or pinnatifid petals
member: #miterwort__mitrewort__bishop's_cap any of various rhizomatous perennial herbs of the genus Mitella having a capsule resembling a bishop's miter
member: #fairy_cup__fairycup__Mitella_diphylla miterwort of northeastern North America usually with two opposite leaves on erect flowering stems that terminate in erect racemes of white flowers
member: #five-point_bishop's_cap__Mitella_pentandra small plant with leaves in a basal cluster and tiny greenish flowers in slender racemes; northwestern North America to California and Colorado
member: #genus_Parnassia genus of bog herbs of arctic and northern temperate regions
member: #parnassia__grass-of-Parnassus any of various usually evergreen bog plants of the genus Parnassia having broad smooth basal leaves and a single pale flower resembling a buttercup
member: #bog_star__bogstar__parnassiapalustri plant having ovate leaves in a basal rosette and white starlike flowers netted with green
member: #fringed_grass_of_Parnassus__Parnassia_fimbriata bog plant with broadly heart-shaped basal leaves and cream or white saucer-shaped flowers with fringed petals; west of Rocky Mountains from Alaska to New Mexico
member: #genus_Suksdorfia small genus of rhizomatous herbs of northwestern America and South America
member: #suksdorfia any of several American plants of the genus Suksdorfia having orbicular to kidney-shaped somewhat succulent leaves and white or rose or violet flowers in terminal panicles
member: #violet_suksdorfia__Suksdorfia_violaceae slender delicate plant with wide roundish deeply lobed leaves and deep pink to violet funnel-shaped flowers; British Columbia to northern Oregon and west to Idaho and Montana
member: #genus_Tellima__Tellima genus of hardy perennials with palmately lobed leaves and long racemes of small nodding five-petaled flowers; western North America
member: #false_alumroot__falsealumroot__fringecup__Tellima_grandiflora plant growing in clumps with mostly basal leaves and cream or pale pink fringed flowers in several long racemes; Alaska to coastal central California and east to Idaho
member: #genus_Tiarella__Tiarella small genus of North American herbs having mostly basal leaves and slender racemes of delicate white flowers
member: #foamflower__coolwart__false_miterwort__falsemiterwort__false_mitrewort__falsemitrewort__Tiarella_cordifolia stoloniferous white-flowered spring-blooming woodland plant
member: #false_miterwort__falsemiterwort__false_mitrewort__falsemitrewort__Tiarella_unifoliata plant with tiny white flowers hanging in loose clusters on leafy stems; moist woods from Alaska to central California and east to Montana
member: #genus_Tolmiea__Tolmiea 1 species: pickaback plant
member: #pickaback_plant__pickabackplant__piggyback_plant__piggybackplant__youth-on-age__Tolmiea_menziesii vigorous perennial herb with flowers in erect racemes and having young plants develop at the junction of a leaf blade and the leafstalk
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