Photos: Macroom, Co.Cork |
Thale Cress Very small 4-petalled white flowers, on branched, erect stems. Basal rosette, leaves slightly hairy, stalked. Upper stems and leaves hairless. Narrow, curved seedpods. Winter annual. Height: 5-40cm Open, bare ground. Gardens, waste ground, walls, pavements. Previously rare, has become common over the last 20 years. Similar: Whitlow-grass, Erophila verna agg. |
Photograph above: Macroom, Co.Cork. April 2007