Wildflower of the valley
Brown's Saxifrage
Saxifraga brunonis
- How easy to find
- Very rare — you need to search for it — local knowledge helps
- Flower size
- Small
- Family
- Saxifragaceae (Saxifrage family)
- Type
- Herb
- Height
- small
- Flower colour
- yellow
- Flowering
- June to August
About Brown's Saxifrage
Saxifraga brunonis is a herb with red thread like runner. Stem is purplish brown, slender. Leaves form a rosette. Flowers are very beautiful and bright yellow. Flowers are solitary or two to four. Sepals may be 5, petals are 5, stamens are 10 ( 5 long and 5 short), anthers are bright red with greenish yellow filaments.
Where to find it
- Near the entrance of the valley
Habitat
Mosses in moist places and rock crevices
What the name means
Saxifraga is Latin saxum (rock) + frangere (to break) — "stone-breaker", after the habit of growing in rock crevices; brunonis honours the Scottish botanist Robert Brown.
Don't confuse it with
Saxifraga parnassifolia (sno 58) has broader, parnassia-like leaves; S. cernua (sno 140) has bulbils in the leaf axils.
