Saxifragaceae
St Patrick's cabbage
Saxifraga spathularis
- Family
- Saxifragaceae
- Genus
- Saxifraga
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Common names
By language (5)
- Czech
- Lomikámen kopisťovitý
- English
- St Patrick's cabbage
- Icelandic
- Spaðasteinbrjótur
- Macedonian
- Лопатчеста каменоломка
- Welsh
- Tormaen Padrig
Synonyms
- Robertsonia hibernica Bree ex Sternb.
- Robertsonia serrata Haw.
- Saxifraga hibernica Sternb.
- Saxifraga serra Hoffmanns.
- Saxifraga serrata (Haw.) Otto
- Saxifraga serratifolia (D.Don) J.Mackay ex Rchb.
- Saxifraga umbrosa subsp. spathularis (Brot.) Rothm.
- Saxifraga umbrosa var. longipes Haw.
- Saxifraga umbrosa var. serratifolia D.Don
- Saxifraga umbrosa var. spathularis (Brot.) Cout.
Flowers
- In flower
- April to June (from 108 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: José Luis Camaño, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Daniel Castanhal García, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: desertnaturalist, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Jamie O'Neill, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dinkum, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: William Stephens, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Brodie Cass Talbott, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ragnhild&Neil Crawford from Sweden, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ragnhild&Neil Crawford from Sweden, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ragnhild&Neil Crawford from Sweden, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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- Highland saxifrageSaxifraga rivularisSaxifragaceae
Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.