Irish wildflowers sitemap
Photographs: Co.Cork 
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Common Cornsalad Very small blue, pinkish or blue-white 5-lobed flowers in terminal clusters. Hairless ovoid fruit, shallow groove on one side. Almost as wide as long. Spoon-shaped, stalked lower leaves, upper leaves oblong. More or less hairless plant. Branched, spreading stems. Height: 10-30cm. Poor, disturbed ground. Coastal, dunes, sandy grassland, shingle. Also inland, railway tracks, walls, rock outcrops. Growth more compact on dry ground. Less frequent in C and W Ireland. 
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Above: Common Cornsalad. Barley Cove, Co.Cork. April and May 2007
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