Saxifraga granulata

English: Meadow Saxifrage
Nederlands: Knolsteenbreek
Español: Saxifraga blanca - Hierba de las piedras - Calafraga - Calcifraga
Français: Saxifrage granulée - Saxifrage à bulbilles
Deutsch: Knöllchen-Steinbrech - Körner-Steinbrech - Körnchen-Steinbrech

Family: Saxifragaceae - Saxifrage family
Flowering time: April-June
Leaves: mostly basal with small bulbils at base of stalks, kidney-shaped
Height: 10-40cm
Altitude: to 2500m
Colour: white
Habitat: pastures, road verges, rocky places, humid and shady slopes of high mountains
Distribution: western Europe and mountains of southern Europe







Note: Saxifraga granulata is on the Dutch Red List of vascular plants. In the Netherlands there is a garden form that is called Saxifraga granulata 'Plena', ´Haarlems klokkenspel´ in Dutch. This is a cultivar with a double-flowered form. In Great Britain the Meadow Saxifrage is occasionally grown in gardens, also including a double-flowered form.

Related key words: Heemtuin Tenellaplas Rockanje, Heemtuin Bloemendaal, Nederlandse Rode Lijst, Pyrenees, Pyreneeën, Pirineos, Picos de Europa, Peña Forca (Hecho), el Portalet (Sallent de Gallego), Valle de Literola (Benasque), Sierra Nevada

Saxifraga umbrosa

English: Wood Saxifrage - Pyrenean Saxifrage
Nederlands:
Español: Saxífraga de bosque
Français: Saxifrage des ombrages - Saxifrage de l'ombre
Deutsch:

Family: Saxifragaceae - Saxifrage family
Flowering time: June-August
Height: 10-40cm
Altitude: 1000-2300m
Colour: white, the petals have a yellow spot at the base and tiny red spots above
Habitat: beech forests, rocky crevices, damp semi-shaded places
Distribution: western and central Pyrenees, French and Spanish side
Notes: Pyrenean endemic; In Great Britain cultivated in gardens and naturalized in certain parts of the country. Similar to Saxifraga hirsuta.






Related key words: endemisch voor de Pyreneeën, Pirineos, endémica pirenaica, Hautes-Pyrénées, faja, Ordesa, Vaca Rizada, Senda de los Cazadores (Torla), Forau de Aiguallut (Benasque), Larra-Hayedo (Isaba), La Sarra-Aguas Limpias (Sallent de Gállego)

Saxifraga aquatica

English: Aquatic saxifrage
Nederlands:
Español: Saxifraga acuática
Français: Saxifrage aquatique
Deutsch: Wasser Steinbrech

Family: Saxifragaceae - Saxifrage family
Flowering time: July-August
Height: 10-60cm
Altitude: 1800-2600m
Colour: white
Habitat: streams banks, siliceous soils
Distribution: central-eastern Pyrenees, French and Spanish side
Notes: endemic species of the Pyrenees





 

Related key words: Pyrenees, Pyreneeën, Pirineos, Benasque, Camino de Coll de la Renclusa