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Purple Saxifrage

Saxifraga oppositifolia

610Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
20Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar26
Apr53
May95
Jun131
Jul140
Aug75
Sep29
Oct17
Nov1
Dec1

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Perth and Kinross Scotland232
2Highland Scotland229
3Stirling Scotland31
4Gwynedd Wales20
5Argyll and Bute Scotland19
6Powys Wales19
7North Yorkshire England13
8Cumbria England7
9City of Edinburgh Scotland3
10Pembrokeshire Wales3
11Angus Scotland3
12South Lanarkshire Scotland3
13Aberdeenshire Scotland2
14Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland2
15Orkney Islands Scotland2
22 England520 Scotland38 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 20 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
610
Peak month
July
Counties with records
20
Scientific name
Saxifraga oppositifolia
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,838
Most recorded in
Perth and Kinross, Highland
Conservation designations
Wildlife (NI) Order 1985, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Saxifragales
Family
Saxifragaceae
Genus
Saxifraga
Name with authority
Saxifraga oppositifolia L.
Contributing datasets
15

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q161670 · GBIF 8353146