saxifrage family

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saxifrage family - a large and diverse family of evergreen or deciduous herbs; widely distributed in northern temperate and cold regions; sometimes includes genera of the family Hydrangeaceaefamily Saxifragaceae, Saxifragaceaerosid dicot family - a family of dicotyledonous plantsorder Rosales, Rosales - in some classifications this category does not include Leguminosaegenus Saxifraga, Saxifraga - type genus of the Saxifragaceae; large genus of usually perennial herbs of Arctic and cool regions of northern hemisphere: saxifragegenus Astilbe - chiefly Asiatic perennials: spireagenus Bergenia - genus of perennial spring-blooming rhizomatous herbs with thick evergreen leaves; eastern AsiaBoykinia, genus Boykinia - genus of perennial rhizomatous herbs with flowers in panicles; North America; JapanChrysosplenium, genus Chrysosplenium - genus of widely distributed semiaquatic herbs with minute greenish-yellow apetalous flowersDarmera, genus Darmera, genus Peltiphyllum, Peltiphyllum - one speciesFrancoa, genus Francoa - perennial evergreen herbs with white or pink flowers; Chilegenus Heuchera, Heuchera - genus of North American herbs with basal cordate or orbicular leaves and small panicled flowersgenus Leptarrhena, Leptarrhena - one species: leatherleaf saxifragegenus Lithophragma, Lithophragma - small genus of perennial herbs of the western North Americagenus Mitella, Mitella - genus of low slender herbs of North America and northeastern Asia having flowers with trifid or pinnatifid petalsgenus Parnassia - genus of bog herbs of Arctic and northern temperate regionsgenus Suksdorfia - small genus of rhizomatous herbs of northwestern America and South Americagenus Tellima, Tellima - genus of hardy perennials with palmately lobed leaves and long racemes of small nodding five-petaled flowers; western North Americagenus Tiarella, Tiarella - small genus of North American herbs having mostly basal leaves and slender racemes of delicate white flowersgenus Tolmiea, Tolmiea - one species: pickaback plant