Saxifraga granulata

Meadow Saxifrage - Knolsteenbreek - Saxifraga blanca - Saxifrage granulée - Knöllchen-Steinbrech
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