These photos were taken today, 1st April, at about 550-600m above sea-level.
Purple saxifrage likes to grow on steep and often wet calcareous ledges, usually at high altitudes.
We wondered what would pollinate the flowers so early in the year, but during our time there, we saw two bees which seemed to be visiting the flowers.
3 comments:
Nice information,but try writing more information about the Purple Saxifrage!
PLEASE!!!!
If you want more information about this plant, try the Wikipedia article at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saxifraga_oppositifolia
You can find a map showing the UK distribution of Purple Saxifrage at
http://tinyurl.com/yfkm39u
The UK based Saxifrage Society
http://www.saxifraga.org/
has a section of its site devoted to Purple Saxifrage at
http://www.saxifraga.org/plants/saxbase/taxon.asp?Taxon=966
This plant is so amazingly beautiful. I just wish there was more information as far as the plant reproduction... Thank you for your picture!
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