(The scientific name for this genus is also written Chrysosplenium - and in fact this latter form is now that most common spelling - but you will find both spelling forms used widely, sometimes even by the same authority!). Beside small streams, where water runs over shaded rocks, where springs emerge in woodland - these are the kinds of places you will find golden saxifrage.
The most commonly occurring species in the UK and Ireland is opposite-leaved golden saxifrage, shown here.
From April until July these tiny flowers deck roadside ditches and other damp places; but, because the flower petals are golden green and the young leaves a very similar colour, many people do not notice the flowers at all.
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