Irish wildflowers sitemap
Photographs: Ballingeary, Co.Cork 
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Montbretia Terminal spikes of bright orange flowers, funnel-shaped. Strap-like leaves, shorter than flower stems. Leaves die down in winter and give protection to the corms. Height: To 100 cm Woods, dry banks, roadsides. Locally abundant in S and W Ireland, occasional elsewhere. Naturalised garden escape. Similar: Potts' Montbretia, Crocosmia pottsii 
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Above: Monbretia. Ballingeary, Co.Cork. September 2008
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