Photographs: Blarney, Co.Cork

Hairy Tare Vicia hirsuta Peasair arbhair Family: Fabaceae Flowering time: May-August. Annual. Native. Very small whitish-lilac flowers in short raceme. Seedpod hairy, ripens black. Leaves have 4-10 pairs leaflets, linear-oblong, blunt-ended. Tendrils present. Slender plant, sprawling/scrambling. Height/spread 20-40 cm. Rough grassland, disturbed ground on neutral, less-acidic soils. Also on sea-cliffs, shingle. Mainly found S, E, NE Ireland.

    
Photographs above: Hairy Tare. Clogheenmilcon Nature Reserve, Blarney, Co.Cork. July 2007