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purple saxifrage

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Noun1.purple saxifrage - plants forming dense cushions with bright reddish-lavender flowerspurple saxifrage - plants forming dense cushions with bright reddish-lavender flowers; rocky areas of Europe and Asia and western North America
genus Saxifraga, Saxifraga - type genus of the Saxifragaceae; large genus of usually perennial herbs of Arctic and cool regions of northern hemisphere: saxifrage
breakstone, rockfoil, saxifrage - any of various plants of the genus Saxifraga


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Plants like dwarf willow and birch, juniper, roseroot, mountain sorrel and purple saxifrage thrived.
On the ledges, beyond the reach of people and goats, grow moss campion, mountain avens, Welsh poppy, alpine lady's mantle, Snowdon Lily and purple saxifrage.
Other rare plants include the purple saxifrage, mountain sorrel and alpine meadow.
 
 
 
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