Common name:
Meadow saxifrage
Family:
Scientific name:
Saxifraga granulata
Main flower color:
Range:
England and Wales, and some low elevation regions of Scotland
Height:
Up to 50 cm
Habitat:
Short grassland and riverside meadows, especially sandy, chalk or limestone areas
Flowers:
Five white petals and fine greenish sepals about a third as long, covered with red, glandular hairs. At the centre are two greenish-yellow stigmas and ten stamens. In clusters of up to 12
Leaves:
Reniform, sparsely hairy, stalked, lined by a few large teeth; mostly in a basal rosette, also a few smaller leaves along the (hairy) stem
Season:
April to June
Rarity:
★★★★★
