Noun: purple saxifrage
- Plants forming dense cushions with bright reddish-lavender flowers; rocky areas of Europe and Asia and western North America
"Purple saxifrage was the first flower to bloom after the snow melted";
- Saxifraga oppositifolia
Derived forms: purple saxifrages
Type of: breakstone, rockfoil, saxifrage
Part of: genus Saxifraga, Saxifraga
Encyclopedia: Purple saxifrage