Photos: Co.Cork and Co.Clare

Sea Campion Silene uniflora Coireán mara Family: Caryophyllaceae Flowering time: June-August. Perennial. Native. White flowers with inflated pinkish-brown cylindrical calyx tubes. Petals notched, overlapping. Flowering and non-flowering shoots are present. Small waxy leaves, narrow-oval. Mat-forming growth. Height: 8-25cm. Coastal on cliffs and shingle, also found inland on mountains. Similar: Bladder Campion, S. vulgaris. White flowers with deeply divided petals, not overlapping. Inland, sandy, open ground.

     
Above: Sea Campion. Poll Salach, the Burren Co.Clare. July 2008.