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Definition of Mossy saxifrage
1. Noun. Tufted or mat-forming perennial of mountains of Europe; cultivated for its white flowers.
Group relationships: Genus Saxifraga, Saxifraga
Generic synonyms: Breakstone, Rockfoil, Saxifrage
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mossy Saxifrage
Literary usage of Mossy saxifrage
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Alpine Flowers for Gardens: Rock, Wall, Marsh Plants, and Mountain Shrubs by William Robinson (1910)
"They all thrive with the same freedom as the mossy saxifrage, suffering only from
drought or very drying winds. ..."
2. Alpine Flowers for English Gardens by William Robinson (1870)
"mossy saxifrage. A VERY variable plant in its stems, leaves, and flowers, but
usually forming mossy tufts of the deepest and freshest green, abundant on the ..."
3. Transactions of the Woolhope Naturalists' Field Club by G. H. Jack (1894)
"... Gmel mossy saxifrage. Well marked and abundant in the rocky glens and on the
damper cliffs. At several stations on the Beacons. Blaen-Taf-fawr. ..."
4. Hortus Kewensis; Or, A Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal by William Aiton (1811)
"mossy saxifrage, or Ladies Cushion. Nat.of Britain. Pi. April—June. H. 1/.
TIARELLA. Gen. pi. 765. Ca/. 5-partitus. Cor. ..."
5. The English Flower Garden and Home Grounds: Design and Arrangement Shown by by William Robinson (1901)
"S. hypnoides (mossy saxifrage) is a very variable plant as regards stems, leaves,
and flowers, but usually forms mossy ..."
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