Irish wildflowers sitemap


Photos: Co.Cork and Co.Limerick

Greater Burnet-saxifrage
Pimpinella major
Coll an dromáin
Family: Apiaceae

Flowering time: June-August. Perennial. Native.

Flat-topped umbels of small, 5-petalled white or pink flowers. No bracts.
Lower leaves pinnate, 3-9 coarse toothed leaflets. Stem leaves with
inflated bases. Hollow, ridged stem. Usually hairless. Height: 50-120 cm.

Prefers heavier, calcareous soils. Roadsides, wood edges, hedgebanks.
Most frequent W and SW Ireland.

Similar: Burnet-saxifrage, P. saxifraga
     


     
Greater Burnet-saxifrage. Kinsale, County Cork. September 2008

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