Perennial hybrid of the Saxifragaceae family, 'Gothenburg' is a cultivar obtained at the Gothenburg Botanical Garden, in Sweden, in the 1990s, resulting from the cross Saxifraga georgei × Saxifraga × grata. Both parents belong to the Porphyrion section, which includes high mountain alpine saxifrages, mainly originating from Asian and European ranges.
The plant forms a dense and very compact carpet, with a strictly flattened habit, not exceeding 3 to 5 cm in height. The foliage consists of small, tight rosettes, medium green to grayish-green, with narrow and rigid leaves, forming a meticulous mosaic gradually covering the surface of a rock garden or an alpine culture pot.
The flowers, sessile or almost sessile, are pale yellow-greenish, relatively large compared to the size of the plant, and abundantly cover the carpet at the time of flowering. In cultivation, this generally occurs in April-May.
It requires perfect drainage, a sunny to light partial shade exposure, and a poor mineral substrate. Like most saxifrages of this section, it fears stagnant moisture in the winter period and is advantageously cultivated in rock crevices or in an alpine pot under cold shelter.