The last Irish records of Meadow saxifrage (Saxifraga granulata) as a native were from Co. Wicklow in 1985 and Co. Dublin in 1986. Despite repeated searches of these sites specifically for the species it has not been refound. It was officially declared extinct in the Red List of Irish Plants in 2016. Meadow saxifrage grows in moist but well-drained, often lightly grazed, base-rich and neutral grassland. You also find it in unimproved pastures and hay meadows. S. granulata has been lost from many sites in southern England since the 1962 Distribution Atlas, as grasslands have been improved. Naturalised populations include a double-flowered cultivar (Photograph: H. Zell).