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	Saxifraga moschata  WULFEN

Fam.: Saxifragaceae / Saxifrage Fam.

Synon.:  Saxifraga exarata  VILL.  subsp. moschata  (WULFEN) CAVILL.

Genus:  Saxifraga  L.

Authors:
	WULFEN:		Franz Xaver Freiherr von Wulfen (1728 - 1805), jesuit and naturalist in the Austrian-Ungarian dual monarchy
	VILL.:		Dominique Villars (1745 - 1814), French physician and botanist
	CAVILL.:		François Georges Cavillier (1868 - 1953), Swiss botanist
	L.:		Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals

Etymology:
	Saxifraga:		saxum = rock, frangere = to break
	moschata:		musk
	exarata:		furrowed

Fig. 1:  Saxifraga moschata / Musky Saxifrage A Großglockner 30.6.2025

Fig. 2:  Saxifraga moschata / Musky Saxifrage A Kolm Saigurn 2.7.2025

Fig. 3:  Saxifraga moschata / Musky Saxifrage A Bad Gastein 29.6.2025

Fig. 4:  Saxifraga moschata / Musky Saxifrage A Bad Gastein 29.6.2025

Fig. 5:  Saxifraga moschata / Musky Saxifrage A Bad Gastein 29.6.2025

Fig. 6:  Saxifraga moschata / Musky Saxifrage A Malta - Valley 19.7.2010

Fig. 7:  Saxifraga moschata / Musky Saxifrage A Malta - Valley 19.7.2010

Fig. 8:  Saxifraga moschata / Musky Saxifrage A Malta - Valley 19.7.2010

Fig. 9:  Saxifraga moschata / Musky Saxifrage A Malta - Valley 19.7.2010

Fig. 10:  Saxifraga moschata / Musky Saxifrage A Malta - Valley 19.7.2010

Fig. 11:  Saxifraga moschata / Musky Saxifrage A Malta - Valley 7.6.2008

Fig. 12:  Saxifraga moschata / Musky Saxifrage A Malta - Valley 7.6.2008

Fig. 13:  Saxifraga moschata / Musky Saxifrage A Malta - Valley 7.6.2008

Fig. 14:  Saxifraga moschata / Musky Saxifrage A Malta - Valley 7.6.2008

Fig. 15:  Saxifraga moschata / Musky Saxifrage A Traweng 8.7.2020

Fig. 16:  Saxifraga moschata / Musky Saxifrage A Traweng 8.7.2020

Fig. 17:  Saxifraga moschata / Musky Saxifrage A Traweng 8.7.2020

Fig. 18:  Saxifraga moschata / Musky Saxifrage A Traweng 8.7.2020

Fig. 19:  Saxifraga moschata / Musky Saxifrage A Traweng 8.7.2020

Fig. 20:  Saxifraga moschata / Musky Saxifrage A Traweng 8.7.2020

Fig. 21  ZOOM-PHOTO:  Saxifraga moschata / Musky Saxifrage A Traweng 8.7.2020

Fig. 22:  Saxifraga moschata / Musky Saxifrage (another site) A Traweng 8.7.2020

Fig. 23:  Saxifraga moschata / Musky Saxifrage A Traweng 8.7.2020

Fig. 24:  Saxifraga moschata / Musky Saxifrage A Traweng 8.7.2020

Fig. 25:  Saxifraga moschata / Musky Saxifrage A Dachstein 20.7.2010

Fig. 26:  Saxifraga moschata / Musky Saxifrage A Dachstein 20.7.2010

Fig. 27:  Saxifraga moschata / Musky Saxifrage A Dachstein 20.7.2010

Fig. 28:  Saxifraga moschata / Musky Saxifrage A Dachstein 20.7.2010

Fig. 29:  Saxifraga moschata / Musky Saxifrage A Dachstein 20.7.2010

Fig. 30:  Saxifraga moschata / Musky Saxifrage (~2700 m) A Dachstein 10.7.2020

Fig. 31:  Saxifraga moschata / Musky Saxifrage (~2700 m) A Dachstein 10.7.2020

Fig. 32:  Saxifraga moschata / Musky Saxifrage (~2700 m) A Dachstein 10.7.2020

Fig. 33:  Saxifraga moschata / Musky Saxifrage (~2700 m) A Dachstein 10.7.2020

Fig. 34:  Saxifraga moschata / Musky Saxifrage (another site ; ~2700 m) A Dachstein 10.7.2020

Fig. 35:  Saxifraga moschata / Musky Saxifrage (~2700 m) A Dachstein 10.7.2020

Fig. 36:  Saxifraga moschata / Musky Saxifrage A Carinthia, Petzen 2.7.2010

Fig. 37:  Saxifraga moschata / Musky Saxifrage A Carinthia, Petzen 2.7.2010

Fig. 38:  Saxifraga moschata / Musky Saxifrage A Carinthia, Petzen 2.7.2010

Fig. 39:  Saxifraga moschata / Musky Saxifrage A Niedere Tauern, Sölk-Pass 26.7.2021

Fig. 40:  Saxifraga moschata / Musky Saxifrage A Niedere Tauern, Sölk-Pass 26.7.2021

Fig. 41:  Saxifraga moschata / Musky Saxifrage A Niedere Tauern, Sölk-Pass 26.7.2021

Fig. 42:  Saxifraga moschata / Musky Saxifrage A Niedere Tauern, Sölk-Pass 26.7.2021

Fig. 43:  Saxifraga moschata / Musky Saxifrage A Niedere Tauern, Sölk-Pass 26.7.2021

Fig. 44:  Saxifraga moschata / Musky Saxifrage A Niedere Tauern, Sölk-Pass 26.7.2021

Fig. 45:  Saxifraga moschata / Musky Saxifrage A Lechtal, Elbigenalb 16.8.1987

Fig. 46:  Saxifraga moschata / Musky Saxifrage F Col de Granon 22.6.2008

Fig. 47:  Saxifraga moschata / Musky Saxifrage F Col de Granon 22.6.2008

Fig. 48:  Saxifraga moschata / Musky Saxifrage F Col de Granon 22.6.2008

Fig. 49:  Saxifraga moschata / Musky Saxifrage (cultiv.) F Col de Lautaret Botan. Gar. 28.6.2008

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