Plants : SaxifragaceaeFerns and Flowering Plants

Saxifraga hypnoides L.

Mossy Saxifrage

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Saxifraga hypnoides

Description: A plant of grassy places along the Antrim and Londonderry Coast below the basalt scarp, or on the scarp cliff itself. Also in hilly districts of Co. Fermanagh.

All names: Saxifraga hypnoides L.; Saxifraga platypetala Smith; Saxifraga viscosa Haw.; Saxifraga spatulata Haw., non Desf.; Saxifraga angustifolia Haw.; Saxifraga elongella Sm., non Haw.; Saxifraga laetevirens D.Don; Saxifraga recurva Bree ex Schleich.; Saxifraga leptophylla auct.; Saxifraga sponhemica auct.; Saxifraga groenlandica auct.

Distribution Map from NBN: Saxifraga hypnoides at National Biodiversity Network mapping facility, data for UK.

iNaturalist: Saxifraga hypnoides at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.

 Hackney, P., 2026. Saxifraga hypnoides. L.. [In] Flora of Northern Ireland.
https://habitas.org/flora/species.php?item=3505. Accessed on 2026-11-02.