Bergenia crassifolia (L.) Fritsch

Common Name: Heartleaf Saxifrage
Family: Saxifragaceae Juss.

Country of Origin: Siberia and Mongolia
Habitat: Damp rocky woodland and meadows

Description: [syn. Saxifraga cordifolia Haw.]
Leaves orbicular, to 10 inches long, rounded or cordate at base, crenate-serrate, glabrous, often bullate; inflorescence to 16 inches long, sometimes much longer than the leaves in wild plants but not usually so in cultivated plants.

USDA Zone: 3-9

Accession Data:

Accession # 199800010
Source: EEB Garden
Accession Date: 02-13-1998
Bench: 2301 - Temperate Asia
- Currently: active - healthy
- Qty: 1 confirmed on 06-15-2025

Classification:

Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
SubClass: core eudicots
Order: Saxifragales
SubOrder:
Family: Saxifragaceae
SubFamily:
Tribe:
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Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:

Year	Jan				Feb				Mar					Apr				May				Jun					Jul				Aug				Sep					Oct				Nov				Dec
2025

References (internal):

EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Altay / Buryatiya / Chita / Irkutsk / Tuva / Primorye / Kazakhstan / Xinjiang / Korea / Mongolia

References (external):

Plants For A Future Website
Hortus Third, LH Bailey Hortorium, 1976
The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Tuesday, August 09, 2016.
Bergenia crassifolia at ARS-GRIN. Last accessed on Tuesday, August 09, 2016.

data regenerated on Tue, 24 Jun 2025 14:06:24 -0400 [bcm v4.0]