Saxifraga aizoides, yellow mountain saxifrage or yellow saxifrage, is a flowering alpine plant of the genus Saxifraga.
Saxifraga aizoides is an evergreen perennial which branches at or below ground level, and grows to . It spreads by short rhizomes, forming mats of small colonies.
The flowers, with five sepals and petals, are yellowâÂÂgreen.
It prefers cold and moist well-draining neutral to basic bedrock, gravel, sand, or shale cliff environments. It is found in: North America, including Alaska, across Canada, the Great Lakes region, and Greenland; and in Europe, including the Tatra Mountains, Alps, and Svalbard.
It is a listed threatened species in New York state.