Photographs: Bantry, Co.Cork |
Winter Heliotrope Scented heads of lilac-pink flowers appear with leaves in winter. Leaves rounded to heart-shaped, paler green below, toothed. Height: 10-25 cm. Locally abundant. Wasteground, roadsides, woodland, by streams. Introduced from NW Europe. Increasing. Similar: Butterbur, P. hybridus. Leaves appear after flowers, growing to 60 cm diameter. Native.       |