Irish wildflowers sitemap
Photographs: Macroom, Co.Cork 
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Red Valerian Red, pink or white flowers in dense, elongated terminal panicles. Blue-green or grey-green un-toothed leaves, opposite, undivided. Upper leaves stalkless. Erect, slightly fleshy, hairless plant. Branched stems. Height: 40-70cm Locally abundant. Garden escape now naturalized in most parts of Ireland on dry, sunny walls, cliffs and rocks, sandy waste ground. Originally from the Mediterranean. 
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