Saxifrage family
SAXIFRAGACEAE in Australia

Don Herbison-Evans ( donherbisonevans@yahoo.com ) & Christine Ashe

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Astilbe taquetii Purple Lance Wyee, November 2008	Bergenia cordifolia Heartleaf Bergenia Sydney, August 2006	Deutzia crenata Crenate Pride of Rochester Sydney, November 2006	Escallonia macrantha Escallonia Sydney, May 2008
Heucheras villosa Hairy Alumroot Wyee, October 2008	Hydrangea macrophylla Hydrangea Sydney, September 2006	Hydrangea macrophylla normalis Lace Cap Wyee, February 2007	Philadelphus virginalis Mock Orange Wyee, December 2006

Saxifraga species Saxifrage Sydney, September 2006

Tiarella cordifolia Foamflower Sydney, August 2006

Caterpillars of some moths in Australia can utilise species in SAXIFRAGACEAE for their foodplant, including:

Chrysodeixis argentifera

Synanthedon tipuliformis

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Australian butterflies

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Australian moths

(updated 15 December 2011)