Opposite Leaved Golden Saxifrage
Taken at Strathclyde Park on 26th March 2024 using Panasonic Lumix TZ70 in macro mode.
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Taken at Strathclyde Park on 6th April 2023 using Panasonic Lumix TZ70 in macro mode. Fact File

Taken at Baron's Haugh on 16th March 2021 using Nikon D500 with 600 mm zoom lens. Fact File
Taken at Strathclyde Park on 12th March 2021 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens. Fact File
Opposite Leaved Golden Saxifrage.
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AKA: 		Chrysoplenium oppositifolium.
Saxifragales.
Saxifragaceae.
A Perennial.
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 Damp areas of woodland, riversides, acid soils.
April-June.
5 - 15 cms.
The leaves of this plant once were eaten as a vegetable. The scientific name means "golden spleen" as the shape of the leaves were thought to be like that of the spleen. This also led to the belief that illnesses of the spleen could be treated by eating the leaves or by drinking infusions made from the leaves.