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Fly Orchid 1
Fly Orchid 1
English Name: Fly-orchid Botanical Name (Latin): Ophrys insectifera (O. muscifera) Irish Name: Magairlín na gcuileanna Order: MONOCOTYLEDONES Family: ORCHIDACEAE Brief Description: Slender perennial herb, c. 0.2m tall; leaves oblong; flowers pale green, with large 3 lobed lip that is dark brown with glossy blue patch in centre.
Carsten Krieger
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Common Scurvy Grass
Common Scurvy Grass
English Name: Common scurvy grass Botanical Name (Latin): Cochlearia officinalis (including C. scotica) Irish Name: Biolar trá Order: DICOTYLEDONES Family: BRASSICACEAE (CRUCIFERAE) Brief Description: Two subspecies are apparently represented in the Burren region. NB Because this is a very plastic genus, separation of species and subspecies is never clear- cut.Biennial herb, robust; leaves fleshy; flowers to 0.8cm across, large, petals white, c. 0.5mm long.
Carsten Krieger
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Burnet Rose 2
Burnet Rose 2
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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Carline Thistle 2
Carline Thistle 2
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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Maidenhair Spleenwort 1
Maidenhair Spleenwort 1
English Name: Maidenhair spleenwort Botanical Name (Latin): Asplenium trichomanes Irish Name: Lus na seilge Order: PTERIDOPSIDA Family: ASPLENIACEAE Brief Description: Small fern, with narrow, divided leaves, to 20cm long; stalk black; segments oval or oblong, less than 1cm long.
Carsten Krieger
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Field Maple
Field Maple
English Name: Field maple Botanical Name (Latin): Acer campestre Irish Name: Mailp Order: DICOTYLEDONES Family: ACERACEAE Brief Description: Shrubby tree , but not so in scailps; small leaves, to 9cm across, with 3–5 lobes, about as broad as long; fruits paired, winged.
Carsten Krieger
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Harebell 2
Harebell 2
English Name: Harebell Botanical Name (Latin): Campanula rotundifolia Irish Name: Méaracán gorm Order: DICOTYLEDONES Family: CAMPANULACEAE Brief Description: Delicate, perennial herb; lowest leaves heart-shaped or round, stem leaves linear; flowers sky-blue, bell-shaped, nodding.
Carsten Krieger
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Guelder Rose 2
Guelder Rose 2
English Name: Guelder-rose Botanical Name (Latin): Viburnum opulus Irish Name: Caor chon Order: DICOTYLEDONES Family: CAPRIFOLIACEAE Brief Description: Deciduous shrub to 4m tall; leaves with 3–5 lobes, to 10cm long, green, often turning brilliant red in autumn; flowers white in flat, circular heads; inner flowers small and fertile, outer larger and sterile; berries translucent scarlet.
Carsten Krieger
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Helleborine 1
Helleborine 1
English Name: Helleborine Botanical Name (Latin): Epipactis helleborine (Epipactis latifolia) Irish Name: Ealabairín Order: MONOCOTYLEDONES Family: ORCHIDACEAE Brief Description: Tall, perennial herb, very variable, to 0.8(?1)m tall; 4 or more leaves spirally arranged, oval, ribbed; flowers in elongated, one side spike, numerous (c. 10?60), dull green with pink to purple, but very variable; lip not longer than sepals; ovary without hairs.
Carsten Krieger
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Bloody Crane's-bill 3
Bloody Crane's-bill 3
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