Photographs: The Gearagh Co.Cork

Mudwort Limosella aquatica Lus lathaí Family: Scrophulariaceae Flowering time: July-October. Annual. Native. Small white-pinkish flowers, 5-petals, bell-shaped, long-stalked. Basal clusters of stalked, narrow-eliptical leaves, broadest above middle. Un-toothed, slightly fleshy. Hairless. Creeping, rooting runners. Leaves (including stalks) to 8cm. Blades to 2cm. Can be much smaller. Found on nutrient-rich, mildly acidic waterside mud and shingle. Pond, lake, river edges. In the Burren found in limestone hollows. Rare. Vulnerable, protected species.

    



Photographs above: The Gearagh, Macroom, Co.Cork. October 2007