species 202 observations

Nuttall's Saxifrage

Cascadia nuttallii

Field notes

Cascadia nuttallii is a species of flowering plant in the saxifrage family, Saxifragaceae. It is the sole species in genus Cascadia. It is an annual native to the western United States, ranging from southwestern Washington through Oregon to northwestern California.

It is a trailing herbaceous annual with stems 5 to 25 cm long. It grows from a rhizome.

It grows on wet shaded cliffs and ledges, generally above 700 meters elevation. In California it is limited to the Klamath Ranges, and its range extends northwards through the mountains of western Oregon to southwestern Washington.

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Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

From USDA PLANTS.