Irish wildflowers sitemap


Photographs: Burren, Co.Clare


Whitlow Grass
Erophila verna agg.
Bosán anagair
Family: Brassicaceae

Flowering time: February-June. Annual. Native.

Small white flowers, 4 petals, deeply divided to more than half of length.
Hairless long-stalked fruit, flat, oval-elliptical. Seeds 0.5+ mm long.
Leaves in basal rosette, toothed, lanceolate-elliptical. Stems and leaves
are more/less hairy. Height: 2-10cm. Many very similar subspecies.

Frequent. Dry, sandy grassland, rocks, heaths, dunes.

     



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