Irish wildflowers BSBI map

St Patrick's Cabbage, Saxifraga spathularis, Cabáiste an mhadra rua
Photographs: Ballingeary, Co. Cork

St.Patrick's-cabbage
Saxifraga spathularis
Cabáiste an mhadra rua
Family: Saxifragaceae

Flowering time: May-July. Perennial. Native.

Numerous small white flowers with down-turned red sepals and pink anthers. Basal rosettes of coarse-toothed, spoon-shaped leaves with transluscent margins. The sparsely hairy broad flat leaf stalks are usually longer than the leaf. Part of Lusitanian Flora

Mainly south and west Ireland, locally abundant on damp acidic rocks.

Similar: Kidney Saxifrage, S. hirsuta and their hybrid S. x polita

Sometimes confused with London-pride (Saxifraga × urbium)

St Patrick's Cabbage, Saxifraga spathularis, Cabáiste an mhadra rua

St Patrick's Cabbage, Saxifraga spathularis, Cabáiste an mhadra rua
St Patrick's-cabbage, Saxifraga spathularis, Cabáiste an mhadra rua

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