Irish wildflowers sitemap
Photos: Barley Cove, Co.Cork 
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Marsh Lousewort Leafy spikes of pink-red 2-lipped flowers. Upper lip 4-toothed, lower 3-lobed. Inflated calyx, ribbed, hairy, with 2 leaf-like lobes. Single stem, erect, branched. Leaves alternate, deeply pinnatified. More/less hairless. Height: To 60cm. Base-rich to acidic damp ground. Heaths, marshes, fens, wet grassland. Declining due to habitat loss, most frequent N, W Ireland. Native. Similar: Lousewort, P. sylvatica 
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Marsh Lousewort. Barley Cove, Co.Cork. June 2008
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