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Ragwort
Ragwort
English Name: Ragwort Botanical Name (Latin): Senecio jacobaea Irish Name: Buachalán buí Order: DIOTYLEDONES Family: ASTERACEAE (COMPOSITAE) Brief Description: Perennial herb, erect, to 1m tall; leaves deeply divided, all lobes roughly the same size, lowest leaves withering by flowering time; flower-heads to 2.5cm across, with rays, bright yellow, in dense clusters.
Carsten Krieger
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Pyramidal Orchid 2
Pyramidal Orchid 2
English Name: Pyramidal orchid Botanical Name (Latin): Anacamptis pyramidalis Irish Name: Magairlín na stuaice Order: MONOCOTYLEDONES Family: ORCHIDACEAE Brief Description: Perennial herb, to 0.5m tall; distinctive in flower ? young inflorescence distinctly conical with rich pink buds; open flowers paler, and inflorescences becoming more cylindrical; very rarely pure white.
Carsten Krieger
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Marsh Marigold
Marsh Marigold
English Name: Marsh-marigold; King-cup Botanical Name (Latin): Caltha palustris Irish Name: Lus buí Bealtaine Order: DICOTYLEDONES Family: RANUNCULACEAE Brief Description: Deciduous perennial herb; leaves heart-shaped, fleshy, green; flowers bright glistening yellow, large, to 5cm across.
Carsten Krieger
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Pyramidal Orchid 1
Pyramidal Orchid 1
English Name: Pyramidal orchid Botanical Name (Latin): Anacamptis pyramidalis Irish Name: Magairlín na stuaice Order: MONOCOTYLEDONES Family: ORCHIDACEAE Brief Description: Perennial herb, to 0.5m tall; distinctive in flower ? young inflorescence distinctly conical with rich pink buds; open flowers paler, and inflorescences becoming more cylindrical; very rarely pure white.
Carsten Krieger
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Hazel 3
Hazel 3
English Name: Hazel Botanical Name (Latin): Corylus avellana Irish Name: Coll Order: DICOTYLEDONES Family: BETULACEAE Brief Description: Shrubby, deciduous tree; catkins (“lamb’s tails”) appearing in early Spring before leaves; leaves hairy, oval; hazel nuts enclosed in leafy bracts.
Carsten Krieger
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Selfheal 1
Selfheal 1
English Name: Selfheal Botanical Name (Latin): Prunella vulgaris Irish Name: Duán ceannchosach Order: DIOTYLEDONES Family: LAMIACEAE (LABIATAE) Brief Description: Perennial herb, to 0.25m tall, with stolons; leaves 2?3.5cm long, with stalks; flowers rich purple, in compact, cylindrical spike.
Carsten Krieger
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Common Hawthorn 2
Common Hawthorn 2
English Name: common Hawthorn, whitethorn, may Botanical Name (Latin): Crataegus monogyna Irish Name: Sceach gheal Order: DICOTYLEDONES Family: ROSACEAE Brief Description: Deciduous, thorny tree or shrub; leaves deeply lobed; flowers creamy-white (rarely pink), with heavy, musky fragrance; fruits red, with 1 nutlet.
Carsten Krieger
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Wood Sage 2
Wood Sage 2
English Name: Wood sage Botanical Name (Latin): Teucrium scorodonia Irish Name: Iúr sléibhe Order: DIOTYLEDONES Family: LAMIACEAE (LABIATAE) Brief Description: Perennial herb to 0.5m tall; leaves oval, upper surface minutely wrinkled; flowers creamy, with one lip, in long spike.
Carsten Krieger
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Thrift
Thrift
English Name: Thrift, sea pink Botanical Name (Latin): Armeria maritima Irish Name: Rabhán Order: DIOTYLEDONES Family: PLUMBAGINACEAE Brief Description: Perennial herb forming cushions of tightly packed, linear leaves; flowers pink in distinctive rounded heads.
Carsten Krieger
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Common Knapweed 1
Common Knapweed 1
English Name: Common knapweed, blackhead Botanical Name (Latin): Centaurea nigra Irish Name: Mínscoth, mullach dubh Order: DICOTYLEDONES Family: ASTERACEAE (COMPOSITAE) Brief Description: Perennial herb, c. 0.5m tall; most leaves not divided; flower-heads small, bracts black-brown; florets all tubular, purple (or very rarely central ones white).
Carsten Krieger