a family of flowering plants of mostly perennial herbaceous plants. The members are cosmopolitan in distribution but native primarily to northern cold and temperate regions. Members of the family have leaves that characteristically alternate along the stem and are sometimes deeply lobed or form rosettes.

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Britannica Editors. "Saxifragaceae". Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 Jan. 2016, https://www.britannica.com/plant/Saxifragaceae. Accessed 16 August 2026.