Rue-leaved Saxifrage - Saxifraga tridactylites
Description
Low to short stickily hairy plant, often reddish. Leaves 3 to 5 lobed. Flowers white, 4 to 6 mm in lax leafy clusters, petals slightly notched, the flower stalks much longer than the flowers.
Identification difficulty
Habitat
Bare ground, Short turf, walls and rocks.
When to see it
April to September.
Life History
Annual.
UK Status
Widespread but quite local in Britain.
VC55 Status
Infrequent and local in Leicestershire and Rutland. In the 1979 Flora survey of Leicestershire it was found in 18 of the 617 tetrads.
In the current checklist (Jeeves, 2011) it is listed as occasional, nearly scarce
Peter SmithCrescent Street, Leicester22 May 2012
Alan SemperHarby, Langar airfield30 April 2014Note lobed leaves
Peter SmithBelgrave Lock17 April 2014
Peter SmithCrescent Street, Leicester22 May 2012
Peter SmithCrescent Street, Leicester22 May 2012Sticky leaves
Peter SmithCrescent Street, Leicester22 May 2012reddening of the plant
Graham CalowNailstone12 May 2016
Steven LewisWelby11 April 2016
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Steven LewisWelby11 April 2016
Steven LewisWelby11 April 2016
Alan SemperHarby, Langar airfield30 April 2014
Alan SemperHarby, Langar airfield30 April 2014
Alan SemperHarby, Langar airfield30 April 2014
Graham CalowNailstone Colliery site12 May 2016
Graham CalowNailstone Colliery site12 May 2016
Graham CalowNailstone12 May 2016
