Irish wildflowers BSBI map

Irish Saxifrage, Saxifraga rosacea, Mórán gaelach
Photographs: the Burren, Co. Clare

Irish Saxifrage
Saxifraga rosacea
Mórán gaelach
Family: Saxifragaceae

Flowering May-July. Perennial. Native.

White flowers with 5 petals and erect sepals on erect, glandular-hairy stems. Rosettes of palmately 3-7 lobed leaves without hair-like tips and often reddish at flowering time. Has low cushion or mat-forming growth and can be very variable.

Mainly found on the Aran Islands and in the Burren, Co. Clare on moist but well-drained rocky or stony ground by streams and on cliff-ledges, scree and sea-cliffs. Decreasing and classed as Near Threatened

Irish Saxifrage, Saxifraga rosacea, Mórán gaelach

Irish Saxifrage, Saxifraga rosacea, Mórán gaelach
Irish Saxifrage, Saxifraga rosacea, Mórán gaelach

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