Irish wildflowers sitemap
Photographs: Co.Waterford 
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Butchers-broom Plants are dioecious, male and female needed for seed-set, but also reproduces vegetatively. Red berries produced on female plants, late summer to winter. Spine-tipped leaf-like cladodes (branch with the form and function of leaf). Much branched. Slow growing to 1m. Prefers full or semi-shade. Rare in dry woods and hedges, usually a relic of cultivation. Recorded from NE, SE, S Ireland. 
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