Irish wildflowers sitemap
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Lesser Stitchwort Numerous small white flowers, deep-divided petals. Petals as long or longer than sepals. Drooping stalks when fruiting. Stalkless linear-lanceolate leaves in pairs up stems. Smooth-edged. Weak brittle stems, straggling growth. Height: To 70cm. Abundant. Dry roadsides, grassland. Similar: Bog Stitchwort, S. uliginosa. Wet, often acidic ground. Greater Stitchwort, S. holostea. Larger flowers. 
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