Purple Saxifrage, latin name Chrysosplenium Oppositifolia should not to be confused with Golden Saxifrage whose latin name is Saxifraga Oppositifolium even although both are members of the Saxifrage Family.

Some similarities to : Moss Campion which also prefers to grow on mountains.

Unique fact : Purple Saxifrage is the only saxifrage which has purple flowers.

Distinguishing Feature : A tiny rosette of leaves rather like a house leek plant. The flowers are much larger than the rosette of leaves. The penny-sized purple flowers with five splayed-out petals and a rather large hole in the middle from where purple stamens protrude slightly.

Purple Saxifrage is a very rare plant that prefers to grow on Limestone Uplands, particularly two mountains in the Yorkshire Dales: Penygent and Ingleborough, but only at one specific height. That height has a lot to do with the varying strata on those two hills, alternating between mudstones and limestone at various heights. It is much more prolific on the north western mountains of Scotland. It is also to be found on some mountains of Snowdonia south of Anglesea. It prefers rocks, screes and ledges away from trampling feet and hungry sheep.

Like Moss Campion, Purple Saxifrage also likes to form low prostrate matts. It has similar coloured flowers, and an identical number of petals, five.

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