Wildflower of the valley
Nodding Saxifrage, Drooping Saxifrage
Saxifraga cernua
- How easy to find
- Rare — you will see it only in some places
- Flower size
- Small
- Family
- Saxifragaceae (Saxifrage family)
- Type
- Herb
- Height
- 20 cm
- Flower colour
- White
- Flowering
- June to August
About Nodding Saxifrage, Drooping Saxifrage
Saxifraga cernua is a herb of 20 cm tall with reddish brown bulbils in upper axils of leaves. Basal leaves reniform and upper stem leaves reniform. Flowers are white in color and are solitary. The specific name Cernua means drooping or nodding refers to drooping/ nodding nature of the plant.
Where to find it
- Near the entrance of the valley
Habitat
Margins of forests and rock crevices and meadows.
What the name means
Saxifraga: Latin "stone-breaker"; cernua means "nodding", after the drooping flowers.
Don't confuse it with
Saxifraga brunonis (sno 57) and S. parnassifolia (sno 58) grow in the same rock crevices but do not produce bulbils.
