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Yellow Wort 3
Yellow Wort 3
English Name: Yellow-wort Botanical Name (Latin): Blackstonia perfoliata Irish Name: Dréimire buí Order: DIOTYLEDONES Family: GENTIANACEAE Brief Description: Distinctly pale grey-green, erect, annual herb; leaves boat-shaped and encircling stems; flowers yellow, with 6?8 petals.
Carsten Krieger
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Wall Lettuce
Wall Lettuce
English Name: Wall lettuce Botanical Name (Latin): Mycelis muralis (Lactuca muralis) Irish Name: Leitís bhalla Order: DIOTYLEDONES Family: ASTERACEAE (COMPOSITAE) Brief Description: Perennial or biennial herb, usually rich dark red but sometime plain green, with latex; flowering stems slender, branched, to 1m tall; flower-head small, each with 5 yellow, ligulate florets.
Carsten Krieger
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Stone Bramble
Stone Bramble
English Name: Stone bramble Botanical Name (Latin): Rubus saxatilis Irish Name: Sú na mban mín Order: DIOTYLEDONES Family: ROSACEAE Brief Description: Low-growing, herbaceous shrub; stems with prickles; leaves with 3 leaflets; 2?3 flowers together, whitish-green; ?berry? scarlet, with only 2?5 large drupes.
Carsten Krieger
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Bramble 4
Bramble 4
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
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Yellow Wort 2
Yellow Wort 2
English Name: Yellow-wort Botanical Name (Latin): Blackstonia perfoliata Irish Name: Dréimire buí Order: DIOTYLEDONES Family: GENTIANACEAE Brief Description: Distinctly pale grey-green, erect, annual herb; leaves boat-shaped and encircling stems; flowers yellow, with 6?8 petals.
Carsten Krieger
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Primrose 1
Primrose 1
English Name: Primrose Botanical Name (Latin): Primula vulgaris Irish Name: Sabhaircín Order: DIOTYLEDONES Family: PRIMULACEAE Brief Description: Perennial herb; leaves obovate, without a distinct stalk; flowers solitary, on slender, hairy stems; creamy-yellow with orange-yellow eye.
Carsten Krieger
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Hazel 6
Hazel 6
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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Bracken
Bracken
English Name: Bracken Botanical Name (Latin): Pteridium aquilinum Irish Name: Raithneach mhór Order: PTERIDOPSIDA Family: DENNSTAEDTIACEAE Brief Description: Vigorous, deciduous fern, creeping by underground stems, with erect, divided, leaves, to 2m.
Carsten Krieger
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Common Knapweed 2
Common Knapweed 2
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
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Hazel 4
Hazel 4
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