Irish wildflowers sitemap
Photographs: Burren, Co.Clare 
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Harebell Nodding pale-blue, bell shaped flowers, occasionally white. More/less round root leaves, usually withering early. Small narrow stem leaves, upper leaves unstalked. Slender stems, erect/ascending. Hairless. Height: 15-35 cm. Found throughout Ireland. Dry grassland, heaths, dunes, also grows in rock seams in mountaineous areas. Similar: Ivy-leaved Bellflower, Wahlenbergia hederacea. Very small compared to Harebell. Trailing, delicate plant with ivy-like leaves. Erect bell-shaped flowers. Acidic, peaty ground. SW Ireland, also Co. Waterford but extinct in Co. Wexford. 
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