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|accepted_name=Saxifraga hirculus
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=1: 402. 1753 ,
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|common_names=Yellow marsh saxifrage;saxifrage oeil-de-bouc
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Hirculus prorepens
|authority=(Fischer ex Sternberg) Á. Löve & D. Löve
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Leptasea hirculus
|authority=(Linnaeus) Small
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Saxifraga hirculus subsp. coloradensis
|authority=Hedberg
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Saxifraga hirculus subsp. compacta
|authority=Hedberg
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Saxifraga hirculus subsp. propinqua
|authority=(R. Brown) Á. Löve & D. Löve
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Saxifraga hirculus var. propinqua
|authority=(R. Brown) Simmons
}}
|hierarchy=Saxifragaceae;Saxifraga;Saxifraga hirculus
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Saxifragaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Saxifraga]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Saxifraga hirculus]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 8
|mention_page=page 135
|treatment_page=page 138
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>loosely tufted, not stoloniferous or sometimes shortly so, rhizomatous, caudex present or not. <b>Leaves</b> basal and cauline, (distal clasping); petiole absent on distal leaves, otherwise ± flattened, 3–20(–35) mm; blade linear or linear-oblanceolate to spatulate, unlobed, (5–)10–30 mm, thin to slightly fleshy, margins entire, eciliate or sparsely reddish brown-ciliate, (with apical nonsecreting hydathode), apex acuminate or acute, surfaces glabrous or sparsely reddish brown-villous. <b>Inflorescences</b> 2(–4)-flowered cymes, sometimes solitary flowers, (flowers initially nodding), 4–30(–35) cm, sparsely to ± densely reddish brown-villous; bracts sessile. <b>Flowers</b>: sepals ascending to spreading, reflexed in fruit, (sometimes purplish), triangular, margins reddish brown-ciliate, surfaces glabrous (rarely reddish brown-hairy); petals yellow, often drying cream, often proximally orange-spotted, elliptic to oblong or obovate, 6–18 mm, 2+ times longer than sepals; ovary superior. <b>2n</b> = 16, 24, 32.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering summer.
|habitat=Wet, usually mossy, arctic or alpine tundra, wet alpine meadows
|elevation=0-4000 m
|distribution=Greenland;B.C.;Man.;N.W.T.;Nunavut;Ont.;Que.;Yukon;Alaska;Colo.;Mont.;N.Mex.;Utah;Eurasia;Atlantic Islands (Iceland;Spitsbergen).
|discussion=<p>On the basis of a morphologic and cytologic study, O. Hedberg (1992) recognized four subspecies in <i>Saxifraga hirculus</i>: subsp. propinqua (2n = 16, 24), nearctic (Labrador and northwestern Greenland to Alaska); subsp. coloradoensis (2n = 16), Colorado; subsp. hirculus (2n = 32), circumboreal (Ontario to Alaska in North America); and subsp. compacta (2n = 32), mostly Arctic Eurasia, Atlantic Islands (Iceland, Spitsbergen), eastern Greenland, and Alaska. Nonetheless, we are not recognizing subspecies (see also P. K. Holmgren and N. H. Holmgren 1997); further research is needed to determine their validity.</p>
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name=Saxifraga hirculus
|author=
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Hirculus prorepens;Leptasea hirculus;Saxifraga hirculus subsp. coloradensis;Saxifraga hirculus subsp. compacta;Saxifraga hirculus subsp. propinqua;Saxifraga hirculus var. propinqua
|basionyms=
|family=Saxifragaceae
|phenology=Flowering summer.
|habitat=Wet, usually mossy, arctic or alpine tundra, wet alpine meadows
|elevation=0-4000 m
|distribution=Greenland;B.C.;Man.;N.W.T.;Nunavut;Ont.;Que.;Yukon;Alaska;Colo.;Mont.;N.Mex.;Utah;Eurasia;Atlantic Islands (Iceland;Spitsbergen).
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f6b125a955440c0872999024f038d74684f65921/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V8/V8_270.xml
|genus=Saxifraga
|species=Saxifraga hirculus
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