Irish wildflowers sitemap
Photographs: UK 
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Dogs Mercury Tiny yellow-greenish flowers, male in spikes, female solitary or 2-3. Short-stalked lanceolate leaves, opposite, small-toothed. Unbranched stems. Creeping rhizomes. More/less hairy. Height: 15-40cm. Damp, usually shaded, neutral or calcareous soils. Woods, also limestone grikes. Native Co.Clare, elsewhere possibly accidental introduction. Similar: Annual Mercury, M. annua. Branched stems. Almost hairless. E, S Ireland. 
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