| Scientific Name: | Saxifraga cotyledon |
| Common Name: | pyramidal saxifrage |
| Family Name: | Saxifragaceae |
| Origin: | Europe |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 4: (-34 to -29 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Ground cover, Herbaceous perennial |
| Mature Size: | 0.4 - 0.7m x 0.1 - 0.3m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Dense, Spreading |
| Form: | Mounded |
| Texture: | Medium - fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Accent plant, Alpine, Container planting, Cut flower or foliage, Ground cover, Rock garden, Spring interest |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Spiraled, Basal, Sessile, Succulent, Pinnate venation, Oblanceolate, Obovate, Serrate |
| Flowers: | Cyme, White, May-Jun |
| Fruit: | Capsule, Brown, Jul-Aug |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves basal and then spiraled on flowering stock, most oblanceolate, 2-3cm long x 6-9mm wide, margin whitish and serrate;, pubescent at base; florets numerous, white, on panicle-like cyme up to 60cm tall, petals 6-10mm long with reddish spots. | |