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Saxifrage Family:- Saxifrage Family plant table with its Common Name - Botanical Name. Flowering Months Range. Habitat with link to that Rush to Saxifrage Wild Flower Families Gallery:- |
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Alternate Golden Saxifrage |
Chrysosplenium alternifolium |
Deciduous woodland, Marsh, Mountain rocks, Mountains and River banks (grows with Golden Saxifrage, but much less common, usually on lime-rich soils, and flowers earlier in Southern England; on mountains it grows further in under overhanging rocks) |
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Flower from Basted in Kent on 27 March |
Flowers from Little Chart in Kent on 11 April |
Foliage from Little Chart on 11 April |
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Arctic Saxifrage |
A perennial, rhizomatous herb growing on damp, shady, base-rich rocks and cliffs. It is usually found in crevices and on ledges where competing vegetation does not overtop it. |
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Drooping Saxifrage |
Saxifraga cernua |
A perennial, bulbiliferous herb of basic rocks. It grows in crevices and beneath overhangs where exposure is limited and humidity is high, usually in sites with late snow-lie. It flowers only infrequently, and seed is not set in Britain; vegetative reproduction is by axillary bulbils. |
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Fingered Saxifrage |
A winter-annual that occurs in dry, open habitats such as sandy grassland, limestone pavement and rock ledges, cliffs and screes, and on man-made structures like mortared walls, pavements and railway tracks. It is most commonly found on base-rich substrates, often on skeletal soils or virtually bare rock. |
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Flower Bud from Leek in Staffordshire on 18 May |
Flowers from Tissington on 23 May |
Form from Tissington on 23 May |
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Form from Peak District in May |
Foliage from Tissington on 23 May |
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Flower from Staffordshire on 18 May |
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Golden Saxifrage |
Chrysosplenium oppositifolium |
Damp, frequently shady ground in deciduous woods, next to streams or on wet rocks. Also in Marsh and Mountains. |
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Flower Buds |
Form from Parsonage Wood on 23 April |
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Foliage from Parsonage Wood on 23 April |
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Flowers from Basted on 27 March |
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Flower from Basted on 27 March |
Foliage from Parsonage Wood on 23 April |
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Hart's Saxifrage |
Saxifraga rosacea subsp. hartii |
June-August |
Occurs on the sea-cliffs of Arranmore Island (West Donegal of Ireland) and is legally protected (Flora (Protection) Order, 1999). |
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Flower Bud in June |
Foliage in June |
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Form in June |
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Foliage in May |
Flower in June |
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Highland Saxifrage |
Saxifraga rivularis |
A perennial, bulbiliferous and stoloniferous herb of basic rocks. It grows on ledges or under overhangs, in damp, steep, North- to East-facing gullies, or more rarely in bryophyte-rich flushes on exposed scree. From 795 m in the Lairig Ghru (Easterness) to 1200 m on Ben Nevis |
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Irish Saxifrage |
Saxifraga rosacea subsp. rosacea |
A stoloniferous perennial herb of well-drained but moist, rocky or stony substrates with little or no soil cover. It is especially common among rocks in and by mountain streams, but also occurs on cliff ledges, in rocky gullies, on scree slopes and sea-cliffs, often in open, N.- to E.-facing sites. |
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Foliage from Poulsallagh on 12 June |
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Form from Poulsallagh on 12 June |
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Seed Heads from Poulsallagh on 12 June |
Form from Black Head on 16 June |
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Flowers from Black Head on 16 June |
Flower from Black Head in County Clare on 16 June |
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Kidney Saxifrage |
A perennial, stoloniferous herb, found growing only in damp, shaded places, such as woods, North-facing cliffs and banks, and by streams and on rocks in the mountains. Naturalised populations in Britain, often derived from garden escapes, are often found on limestone, whereas in its native Ireland the species occurs only on siliceous rock. |
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Flowers on 3 June |
Form on 3 June |
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Flower on 3 June |
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Flower on 3 June |
Leaf on 3 June |
Foliage on 3 June |
Juvenile Foliage on 3 june |
London Pride |
A stoloniferous perennial with basal leaf rosettes occurring as a naturalised garden escape on rocks and old walls, or as a casual throw-out on rubbish tips. |
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Flower Bud from Annat on 26 June |
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Form from Hurst Heath in Dorset on 18 May |
Foliage from Annat on 26 June |
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Flowers from Annat on 26 June |
Flowers from Annat on 26 June |
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Flower from Annat in Ross on 26 June |
Form from Annat on 26 June |
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Meadow Saxifrage |
A perennial herb with a bulbiliferous rhizome, growing in moist but well-drained, often lightly grazed, base-rich and neutral grassland, in unimproved pastures and hay meadows, and on grassy banks. More rarely, it occurs on shaded river banks and in damp woodland. It is also locally naturalised near houses and in churchyards. Generally lowland, but reaching 580 m North-East of Helbeck Fell |
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Flower from Borough Green on 22 May |
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Form from Borough Green in Kent on 16 May |
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Flower and Bud from Millers Dale in May |
Fly from Millers Dale in May |
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Fly from Deep Dale in Peak District in May |
Flower Bud in May |
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Flower from Borough Green on 22 May |
Flower with Fly |
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Mossy Saxifrage |
A perennial, stoloniferous herb growing on moist rocks, screes, cliffs and by mountain streams, rarely on sand dunes, often in partial shade. Substrates are frequently base-rich, although it can grow on acidic rocks. It is also cultivated and sometimes escapes. 0-1215 m (Ben Lawers, Mid Perth), but generally from 200-760 m. |
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Flower in June |
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Form from Allt Nan Uamp in Sutherland on 17 June |
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Flowers from Peak District in June |
Flower Bud in June |
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Flowers from County Clare in June |
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Polite Saxifrage |
Saxifraga x polita |
A perennial, stoloniferous herb that is naturalised in shaded or at least damp places. It is usually found in woods, by streams, on banks and amongst rocks. |
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Purple Saxifrage |
A prostrate to more or less densely caespitose perennial herb, growing on open, moist but well-drained, base-rich rocks and stony ground, mainly on cliff-faces, ledges, stony flushes and scree slopes, the southern sites having a northerly aspect. From near sea level to 1210 m (Ben Lawers, Mid Perth), but usually between 300 and 1000 m. |
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Foliage from Betty Hill on 26 June |
Foliage on 23 June |
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Form on 23 June |
Flower Bud on 23 June |
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Flower on 23 June |
Flower with its stem. The stem has leaves on it. |
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Pyrenean Saxifrage |
A perennial herb, eventually forming a low cushion of basal leaf-rosettes from prostrate stems. S. umbrosa occurs as a naturalised garden escape in shady or at least damp places, occurring by streams, on banks and among rocks. |
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Saint Patrick's Cabbage |
A perennial, stoloniferous herb usually found in acid conditions in areas of high rainfall (exceeding one metre per year over much of its range), where it grows in humid, rocky woods, on shady mountain cliffs and relatively unshaded South-facing slopes. |
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Form in June |
Form from Ballaghisheen Pass in Kerry on 24 June |
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Flower Bud from Macgillcuddys Reeks in Kerry on 21 June |
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Flower Bud in June |
Flower from Macgillcuddys Reeks on 21 June |
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Flower Buds in June |
Flower from Ballaghisheen Pass on 24 June |
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Starry Saxifrage |
Saxifraga stellaris |
A perennial, stoloniferous herb found in open (rarely shaded), wet flushes, growing by mountain streams or on wet rock ledges and cliff-faces, usually in base-poor soil. It is commonly found from about 200-1000 m, although it has been recorded at 1340 m on the top of Ben Nevis |
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Foliage from Loch Fleodach Coire on 3 August |
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Form from Loch Fleodach Coire on 3 August |
Form from Glen Affric on 19 June |
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Flowers from Loch Fleodach Coire in Sutherland on 3 August |
Flower from Glen Affric on 19 June |
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Yellow Marsh Saxifrage |
A stoloniferous perennial herb found in wet, base-rich flushes and mires, especially where the vegetation is checked by grazing. Formerly near sea level, it survives now only in its upland localities usually at 300-650 m, but reaching 750 m (Mickle Fell, North-West Yorkshire). |
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Yellow Mountain Saxifrage |
A perennial herb usually found by the side of mountain streams, in open stony flushes on gently- or steeply-sloping ground, or sprawling over wet rocks; less commonly, on wet screes and sand dunes. It may rapidly colonise disturbed soil, such as newly dug cuttings on forestry tracks, in the vicinity of natural habitats. Whilst not strictly a calcicole, it avoids the most base-poor substrates. 0-1175 m (Breadalbanes, Mid Perth). |
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Flower from Inchnadamph in Sutherland on 29 July |
Form from Inchnadamph on 29 July |
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Flower from Kishorn on 28 June |
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Form from Inchnadamph on 10 August |
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Foliage from Kishorn on 28 June |
Flowers from Inchnadamph on 29 July |
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How to grow: saxifrage - An article written by Charles Lyte on 8 March 2003 in The Telegraph.
Plants included in Schedule 8 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act, 1981 |
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