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Accession Data:

Bergenia crassifolia (L.) Fritsch

  • Common Name: Heartleaf Saxifrage
  • Family: Saxifragaceae Juss.

  • Country of Origin: Siberia and Mongolia
  • Habitat: Damp rocky woodland and meadows

  • Description: [syn. Saxifraga cordifolia Haw.]

    Leaves orbicular, to 10 inches long, rounded or cordate at base, crenate-serrate, glabrous, often bullate; inflorescence to 16 inches long, sometimes much longer than the leaves in wild plants but not usually so in cultivated plants.

  • USDA Zone: 3-9

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 199800010
  • Source: EEB Garden
  • Accession Date: 02-13-1998
  • Bench: 2301 - Temperate Asia
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 1 confirmed on 03-12-2025

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: core eudicots
  • Order: Saxifragales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Saxifragaceae
  • SubFamily:
  • Tribe:
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Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025

References (internal):

  • EEB 3271 - Systematic Botany
  • EEB 3203 - Developmental Plant Morphology
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Altay / Buryatiya / Chita / Irkutsk / Tuva / Primorye / Kazakhstan / Xinjiang / Korea / Mongolia

References (external):

  1. Plants For A Future Website
  2. Hortus Third, LH Bailey Hortorium, 1976
  3. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Tuesday, August 09, 2016.
  4. Bergenia crassifolia at ARS-GRIN. Last accessed on Tuesday, August 09, 2016.

data regenerated on Wed, 12 Mar 2025 11:57:02 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

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Current Accessions in the Saxifragaceae

  • Bergenia crassifolia
  • Saxifraga stolonifera
  • Tiarella polyphylla
  • Tolmiea menziesii W/C
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