About Saxifraga cotyledon L.
Saxifraga cotyledon, commonly called the pyramidal saxifrage, is a species of flowering plant found in European mountains. It forms leaf rosettes roughly 20 centimetres (8 inches) across made up of tongue-shaped leaves; these leaves are beaded but not toothed. In May or June, the plant produces tall, branched, pyramidal-shaped panicles of white flowers that can grow up to 60 cm (24 in) tall. It was selected as one of Norway's two national flowers in 1935, with the other being Calluna. The relationship of this species to the "silver saxifrages" of Saxifraga sect. Ligulatae has not yet been fully resolved to general satisfaction. Saxifraga cotyledon has an Arctic–alpine distribution, growing in Scandinavia, Iceland, the Western Alps and the Pyrenees.
