Irish wildflowers sitemap
Photographs: Ballingeary, Co.Cork 
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Marsh Cinquefoil Dark reddish-purple flowers, 5 petals. Sepals longer and wider than petals. Lower leaves with 5-7 toothed leaflets, upper leaves are palmate or trifoliate, alternate. Grows from creeping woody rhizomes. Height: 30-50cm Permanently damp ground, wet grassland, lake edges, bog pools, marshes. Found throughout Ireland, declining in South due to habitat loss. 
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Photographs above: near Ballingeary, County Cork.
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