Saxifraga tridactylitesL.

nailwortrue-leaved saxifragerueleaf saxifrage

WFO wfo-0000494585 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Saxifraga tridactylites, photographed by Pavel Kacl
fig. a Pavel Kacl, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-05-21 / obs. 199556853
Saxifraga tridactylites, photographed by Petra Caltová
fig. b Petra Caltová, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 199591264
Saxifraga tridactylites, photographed by Petra Caltová
fig. c Petra Caltová, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 199594063
Saxifraga tridactylites, photographed by Piermario Maculan
fig. d Piermario Maculan, CC0 1.0 / obs. 197553376
Saxifraga tridactylites, photographed by Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas
fig. e Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 197062050
Saxifraga tridactylites, photographed by Gabriel Mayrhofer
fig. f Gabriel Mayrhofer, CC0 1.0 / obs. 195277085
Saxifraga tridactylites, photographed by Karen Fry
fig. g Karen Fry, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 194760892
Saxifraga tridactylites, photographed by Jon Mortin
fig. h Jon Mortin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 194348939

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Native range 47 botanical countries

Regions where Saxifraga tridactylites is native: Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, North Caucasus, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, Turkmenistan, Albania, Austria, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Corse, Czechia-Slovakia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Kriti, Krym, Netherlands, Northwest European Russia, Norway, NW. Balkan Pen., Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye-in-Europe, Ukraine AlgeriaLibyaMoroccoTunisiaCyprusEast Aegean Is.IranIraqLebanon-SyriaNorth CaucasusTranscaucasusTürkiyeTurkmenistanAlbaniaAustriaBaltic StatesBelarusBelgiumBulgariaCorseCzechia-SlovakiaDenmarkFinlandFranceGermanyGreeceHungaryIrelandItalyKritiKrymNetherlandsNorthwest European RussiaNorwayNW. Balkan Pen.PolandPortugalRomaniaSiciliaSpainSwedenSwitzerlandTürkiye-in-EuropeUkraine BalearesSardegna
Native distribution of Saxifraga tridactylites, 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. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Albania ALB EUROPE
Austria AUT
Baleares BAL
Baltic States BLT
Belarus BLR
Belgium BGM
Bulgaria BUL
Corse COR
Czechia-Slovakia CZE
Denmark DEN
Finland FIN
France FRA
Germany GER
Great Britain GRB
Greece GRC
Hungary HUN
Ireland IRE
Italy ITA
Kriti KRI
Krym KRY
Netherlands NET
Northwest European Russia RUW
Norway NOR
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Poland POL
Portugal POR
Romania ROM
Sardegna SAR
Sicilia SIC
Spain SPA
Sweden SWE
Switzerland SWI
Türkiye-in-Europe TUE
Ukraine UKR
Cyprus CYP ASIA-TEMPERATE
East Aegean Is. EAI
Iran IRN
Iraq IRQ
Lebanon-Syria LBS
North Caucasus NCS
Transcaucasus TCS
Türkiye TUR
Turkmenistan TKM
Algeria ALG AFRICA
Libya LBY
Morocco MOR
Tunisia TUN

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 24 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.

  • Saxifraga annua Lapeyr.
  • Saxifraga barbuloides Lojac.
  • Saxifraga digitata Gaterau
  • Saxifraga exilis Pollini
  • Saxifraga minuta W.D.J.Koch
  • Saxifraga monodactylites Bory ex Thore
  • Saxifraga muralis Salisb.
  • Saxifraga praecox Bernh. ex Engl.
  • Saxifraga pseudoadscendens Schur
  • Saxifraga tenerrima Willk.
  • Saxifraga tridactylites f. americana Engl. & Irmsch.
  • Saxifraga tridactylites f. flaccidissima Engl. & Irmsch.
  • Saxifraga tridactylites f. tenerrima (Willk.) Burnat & Barbey
  • Saxifraga tridactylites subsp. eutridactylites Engl. & Irmsch.
  • Saxifraga tridactylites subsp. minor A.Blytt
  • Saxifraga tridactylites subsp. tenerrima (Willk.) Nyman
  • Saxifraga tridactylites var. exilis Gaudin
  • Saxifraga tridactylites var. gracillima Costa
  • Saxifraga tridactylites var. lanceolata Gray
  • Saxifraga tridactylites var. simplex Gray
  • Saxifraga tridactylites var. submeridionalis Engl. & Irmsch.
  • Saxifraga trifida Gilib.
  • Saxifraga verna Garsault
  • Tridactylites annuus (Lapeyr.) Haw.

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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