Irish wildflowers sitemap
Photographs: County Cork 
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Frog Orchid Short spike of greenish-pink flowers, upper petals and sepals forming hood. Lip 3-lobed with small central lobe. Short spur, stalkless, twisted ovary. Plants can be small and easily overlooked. Height: 8-25cm. Dry heathy, sandy or gravelly grassland. Rare, mainly found in the Burren, Co. Clare and in the N of Ireland. 
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Frog Orchid. County Cork. July 2008
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