Saxifraga cuneifolia was first described by Carl Linnaeus in the 1759 10th edition of Systema Naturae.

They are fleshy and slightly leathery, wedge-shaped, obovate or roundish and notched on the margins.

Lesser Londonpride is a native of the mountains of central and southern Europe, from northwestern Spain over the Pyrenees, the Cevennes, the Alps and the Apennines, up to the eastern and southern Carpathians and the north of Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina.

[3] This plant grows in woods (mainly beech or chestnut), on shaded rocks and boulders.

It occurs mainly in humid areas with humus rich soil, at an altitude of 400–1,600 metres (1,300–5,200 ft) above sea level.