Photographs: the Burren, Co. Clare

Irish Saxifrage Saxifraga rosacea Mórán gaelach Family: Saxifragaceae Flowering May-July. Perennial. Native. White flowers with 5 petals and erect sepals on erect, glandular-hairy stems. Rosettes of palmately 3-7 lobed leaves without hair-like tips and often reddish at flowering time. Has low cushion or mat-forming growth and can be very variable. Mainly found on the Aran Islands and in the Burren, Co. Clare on moist but well-drained rocky or stony ground by streams and on cliff-ledges, scree and sea-cliffs. Decreasing and classed as Near Threatened

Irish Saxifrage, Saxifraga rosacea, Mórán gaelach