saxifrages

The cliffs in the vicinity of our landing are composed of slate, and the land over which I travelled seemed almost as barren as a macadamized road; but on searching closely several species of hyperborean plants were found, such as saxifrages, anemones, grasses, lichens and mushrooms.

The First Landing on Wrangel Island With Some Remarks on the Northern Inhabitants 1871

Ireland was geologically united with the north of Spain; 'admitting which, there is no difficulty in supposing the plants to have travelled along the intervening land, which has subsequently disappeared, and that, owing to climatic changes, the hardier sort of plants, such as saxifrages and heaths, have alone survived.

Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 438 Volume 17, New Series, May 22, 1852 Various 1841

Higher we could not go with the animals and find food for them and wood for our own campfires, for just beyond this lies the region of ice, with only here and there an open spot on the ridges in the midst of the ice, with dwarf alpine plants, such as saxifrages and drabas, which reach far up between the glaciers, and low mats of the beautiful bryanthus, while back of us were the gardens and abundance of everything that heart could wish.

Steep Trails John Muir 1876

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There were no bellflowers, rampions, worts, groundsels, daisies, lilies, saxifrages, pinks, monkshoods, or beautiful little edelweiss to ease the bitter cold monotony of the freezing fields of winter.

The Plains of Passage Auel, Jean M. 1990

The grots and rocky walls were already starred with saxifrages and stonecrops.

The Lord of the Rings Tolkien, J. R. R. 1954

These, with the exception of a few saxifrages and daffodils of the variety muticus, were about the last flowers I saw there.

Scientific American Supplement, No. 561, October 2, 1886 Various

The true saxifrages are represented by several wild and cultivated species of _Saxifraga_, the little bishop's cap or mitre-wort (_Mitella_) (Fig.  111, _D_), and others.

Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses Douglas Houghton Campbell

There were flowers in bloom, poppies of gold, dandelions and buttercups, saxifrages of purple, white and yellow.

Connor Magan's Luck and Other Stories M. T. W.

I have no doubt he will do some good work with his saxifrages.

Alfred Russel Wallace Letters and Reminiscences Marchant, James 1916