Saxifraga granulataL.

Meadow Saxifragemeadow saxifrage

WFO wfo-0000494893 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Saxifraga granulata, photographed by Jon Mortin
fig. a Jon Mortin, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-06-06 / obs. 203858535
Saxifraga granulata, photographed by Thomas Koffel
fig. b Thomas Koffel, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 201299484
Saxifraga granulata, photographed by Bee Together
fig. c Bee Together, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 200759951
Saxifraga granulata, photographed by Josep Gesti
fig. d Josep Gesti, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 196319945
Saxifraga granulata, photographed by Jane Concannon
fig. e Jane Concannon, CC0 1.0 / obs. 196006894
Saxifraga granulata, photographed by Dr. Sven Gippner
fig. f Dr. Sven Gippner, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 196646159
Saxifraga granulata, photographed by Thomas Koffel
fig. g Thomas Koffel, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 196859419
Saxifraga granulata, photographed by Thomas Koffel
fig. h Thomas Koffel, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 196859575

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Native range 25 botanical countries

Regions where Saxifraga granulata is native: Morocco, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Czechia-Slovakia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Northwest European Russia, Norway, NW. Balkan Pen., Poland, Portugal, Sicilia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine MoroccoAustriaBaltic StatesBelarusBelgiumCzechia-SlovakiaDenmarkFinlandFranceGermanyHungaryIrelandItalyNetherlandsNorthwest European RussiaNorwayNW. Balkan Pen.PolandPortugalSiciliaSpainSwedenSwitzerlandUkraine
Native distribution of Saxifraga granulata, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Austria AUT EUROPE
Baltic States BLT
Belarus BLR
Belgium BGM
Czechia-Slovakia CZE
Denmark DEN
Finland FIN
France FRA
Germany GER
Great Britain GRB
Hungary HUN
Ireland IRE
Italy ITA
Netherlands NET
Northwest European Russia RUW
Norway NOR
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Poland POL
Portugal POR
Sicilia SIC
Spain SPA
Sweden SWE
Switzerland SWI
Ukraine UKR
Morocco MOR AFRICA

Not drawn on the map: Great Britain. We hold no public-domain boundary for this region, so it is listed rather than guessed at.

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 40 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Evaiezoa granulata Raf.
  • Saxifraga aemula Sennen
  • Saxifraga alba Garsault
  • Saxifraga alba Bubani
  • Saxifraga altifida Haw.
  • Saxifraga bulbosa Hochst. ex Engl.
  • Saxifraga carnosa Luce
  • Saxifraga carnosa Sweet
  • Saxifraga castellana Boiss. & Reut. ex Nyman
  • Saxifraga castellana f. pauciflora Pau
  • Saxifraga corymbosa Luce
  • Saxifraga elegans Zeyh. ex Schrank
  • Saxifraga elegantula Boiss. ex Ball
  • Saxifraga glaucescens Reut.
  • Saxifraga glaucescens var. castellana Reut.
  • Saxifraga glaucescens var. minor Willk.
  • Saxifraga granulata f. genuina Engl. & Irmsch.
  • Saxifraga granulata f. humilis Engl. & Irmsch.
  • Saxifraga granulata f. maior Engl. & Irmsch.
  • Saxifraga granulata f. nana Neuman
  • Saxifraga granulata f. tenuipetala G.B.F.Nilsson
  • Saxifraga granulata subsp. eugranulata Engl. & Irmsch.
  • Saxifraga granulata subsp. fernandesii N.Redondo & M.Horjales
  • Saxifraga granulata subsp. glaucescens (Reut.) Rivas Mart., Fern.Gonz. & Sánchez Mata

and 16 more.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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