Photographs: County Waterford |
Trifid Bur-marigold Ray-less yellow flower-heads with black-streaked, sepal-like inner bracts. Outer bracts long, leaf-like. Opposite, stalked lower leaves, many usually with 1-2 pairs of lobes. Hairless plant with stout erect stems. Height to 70cm. Nutrient-rich gravel or mud by ponds, rivers, marshes. Similar: Nodding Bur-marigold, B. cernua |
Trifid Bur-marigold. Lismore, County Waterford. July 2008