Irish wildflowers sitemap
Photographs: Sherkin Island, Cork 
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Autumn Ladys-tresses Scented white flowers with yellow-green lip in single spiral. Basal rosette of oval blue-green leaves next to stem-base, not encircling. Round stem with bract-like scales. Small, slender, erect plant. Height: 7-20cm. Found on dry, nutrient-poor, calcareous grassland, dunes, cliff-tops. Occasional to locally frequent, often coastal. S and W Ireland. Similar: Irish Ladys-tresses, S. romanzoffiana 
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Above: Barley Cove, Co.Cork. August 2008
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