Irish wildflowers sitemap
Photographs: Burren, Co.Clare 
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Yellow-wort Branched clusters of bright yellow flowers, 6-8 petals. Deep-divided calyx. Globular seed-capsule. Greyish-green leaves. Stem-leaves triangular-oval, fused in pairs at base. Erect glaucous stems. Height: 15-40cm. Calcareous, gravelly ground. Shallow, dry, stony soils, often winter-wet. Grassland, dunes, also found on disturbed ground and roadsides. Can be locally frequent in parts of central Ireland, but is absent from the NE. Usually coastal in S, SE and E Ireland. 
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Above: Yellow-wort. The Burren, Co.Clare. August 2007