''Saxifraga tridactylites'', the rue-leaved saxifrage or " nailwort", is a species of plant in the family

Saxifragaceae Saxifragaceae is a family of herbaceous perennial flowering plants, within the core eudicot order Saxifragales. The taxonomy of the family has been greatly revised and the scope much reduced in the era of molecular phylogenetic analysis. The fa ...

. Rue-leaved saxifrage is an annual plant with distinctive, trilobed, fleshy leaves and red stems. These stems, the leaves and the sepals are covered in numerous sticky glands.

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tridactylites Plants described in 1753 Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus Flora of Malta {{Saxifragaceae-stub