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Sundew plant
Sundew plant
Picture of a plant.Sundews are beautiful miniture plants with a fleshy disc at their leaf tips, surrounded by tiny red shiny hairs. These hairs have a droplet of sweet sticky liquid, irrestible to insects.As the insect struggles to get free, it becomes more and more ensnared, inducing the the sundew to release enzymes to digest its catch. (Richard Nairn)
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Bloody Crane's-bill 1
Bloody Crane's-bill 1
English Name: Bloody crane’s-bill Botanical Name (Latin): Geranium sanguineum Irish Name: Crobh dearg Order: DICOTYLEDONES Family: GERANIACEAE Brief Description: Perennial herb; leaves deeply divided, round in outline; flowers rich magenta, to 3cm across; anthers turquoise.
Carsten Krieger
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O'Kelly's Spotted Orchid 1
O'Kelly's Spotted Orchid 1
English Name: O'Kelly's spotted-orchid Botanical Name (Latin): Dactylorhiza fuchsii (subsp. okellyi ) Irish Name: None Order: MONOCOTYLEDONES Family: ORCHIDACEAE Brief Description: Like D. fuchsii subsp. fuchsii, but leaves plain green, and flowers pure white with pale cream pollinia.
Carsten Krieger
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Grass of Parnassus 1
Grass of Parnassus 1
English Name: Grass of Parnassus Botanical Name (Latin): Parnassia palustris Irish Name: Fionnscoth Order: DICOTYLEDONES Family: SAXIFRAGACEAE Brief Description: Perennial herb; leaves heart- shaped, in basal rosette; flowers solitary, on erect stalks, petals white with translucent, sometimes lilac veins.
Carsten Krieger
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Sea Spleenwort
Sea Spleenwort
English Name: Sea spleenwort Botanical Name (Latin): Asplenium marinum Irish Name: Fionncha mara Order: PTERIDOPSIDA Family: ASPLENIACEAE Brief Description: Fern with dark green, glossy, strap-shaped, divided leaves; segments not divided; variable in size depending on exposure.
Carsten Krieger
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Carline Thistle 3
Carline Thistle 3
English Name: Carline thistle Botanical Name (Latin): Carlina vulgaris Irish Name: Feochadán mín Order: DICOTYLEDONES Family: ASTERACEAE (COMPOSITAE) Brief Description: Very prickly, biennial herb; overwintering as a silvery, starfish-like rosette; flowering stem erect, rigid, to 0.4m tall; flower-heads with glossy pale gold bracts, that spread open on sunny, dry days; rich purple disc punctuated by pale yellow anthers.
Carsten Krieger
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Yellow Pimpernel
Yellow Pimpernel
English Name: Yellow pimpernel Botanical Name (Latin): Lysimachia nemorum Irish Name: Lus Cholm Cille Order: DIOTYLEDONES Family: PRIMULACEAE Brief Description: Slender, creeping, perennial herb; leaves oval, pointed, hairless; flowers yellow, solitary, to 0.8cm across.
Carsten Krieger
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Common Male Fern
Common Male Fern
English Name: Common male-fern Botanical Name (Latin): Dryopteris affinis (D. borreri) Irish Name: Raithneach Order: PTERIDOPSIDA Family: DRYOPTERIDACEAE Brief Description: Variable; resembles D. filix-mas, but leaf-stalk densely covered by golden-brown scales, and leaves semi-evergreen (not withering until Spring); where segments join main leaf stalk there is a dark mark.
Carsten Krieger
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Burnet Rose 4
Burnet Rose 4
English Name: Burnet rose, Scotch rose Botanical Name (Latin): Rosa pimpinellifolia (R. spinosissima) Irish Name: Briúlán Order: DICOTYLEDONES Family: ROSACEAE Brief Description: Very spiny, deciduous shrub, usually c. 0.5m tall; flowers solitary, white, cream or pink; hip black with persistent crown of sepals.
Carsten Krieger
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Bramble 1
Bramble 1
English Name: Blackberry, bramble Botanical Name (Latin): Rubus fruticosus Irish Name: Dris Order: DICOTYLEDONES Family: ROSACEAE Brief Description: Very variable, thorny, deciduous or semi-evergreen shrub forming vast impenetrable thickets; stems erect or arching and often rooting at tips; flowers with white or pink petals; fruits black.
Carsten Krieger