Species · genus Saxifraga · Saxifragaceae

Strawberry Saxifrage

Saxifraga stolonifera Curtis

Also known as: Creeping Saxifrage · Mother Of Thousands · Strawberry Geranium · Aaron's Beard · Creeping Rockfoil

Growth habit

perennial

Native range

Bangladesh, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Japan, Korea, Myanmar, Nepal, Taiwan, Vietnam

Reference · S. stolonifera

Cultivars of S. stolonifera

The named forms growers keep — each with its own page, each honest about how much we know.

No named cultivars catalogued under S. stolonifera yet. When growers document a stable, named form, it earns its own page here.

Guide

The species-level account. Cultivar pages build on this and say where they differ.

Saxifraga stolonifera is a low, stoloniferous perennial from the cool, shaded, moist woodlands and rocky slopes of East and South Asia, where it spreads by trailing runners. It wants bright indirect light and an evenly damp but never soggy mix; water when the top inch of soil has dried, easing off in winter. It prefers cooler conditions and resents both drying out completely and sitting wet.

Care recipe

The species record — the baseline every cultivar inherits unless it says otherwise.

Care notes are early — not yet verified

Light: ai:claude-opus-4-8
Water: ai:claude-opus-4-8 (range 5-10d)
Humidity: ai:claude-opus-4-8
Soil: ai:claude-fable-5
Care: ai:claude-fable-5

Light

Bright, indirect

Water

≈ every 10 days

Humidity

Medium

Temperature

10–24 °C

Soil mix

Loose, well-draining humus-rich potting mix

Propagation

Peg down the plantlets on its runners to root

Fertilizing

Balanced liquid feed monthly in the growing season

Growth rate

Fast

Flowering

Airy sprays of tiny white flowers in summer

ToxicityAuthoritative · species

Not yet documented

This is where toxicity lives — every cultivar of this species inherits it and none can override it.

Reference images

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Sources: ai:claude-opus-4-8 · ai:claude-opus-4-8 (range 5-10d) · ai:claude-fable-5

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