Seasonal Wild Flowers

Rue-leaved Saxifrage

Saxifraga tridactylites

Saxifragaceae

April and May

It is found throughout the country apart from parts ot the

Northeast, the East Midlands and the Southeast.

See the BSBI distribution map for Rue-leaved Saxifrage

It grows on dry, sandy grassland, limestone pavements,

rocky surfaces, walls, pavements and paths.

Rue-leaved Saxifrage is a native, low-growing, wnter

annual herb.Winter annuals germinate in the autumn,

overwinter as seedlings,

flower in the spring and die in late spring.

Flowers are small, 4-6mm across, with 5 white

petals.

Sepals are ovate, glandular and pink-red or green.

Fruits are egg-shaped.

Leaves are fleshy, glandular and reddish or green.

Rue-leaved Saxifrage on canal tow-path

Flowers

Flowers - side view

Flower bud sepals and egg-shaped fruit

Red-leaved form

Green-leaved form