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Photos: Aughinish, Co.Limerick 
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Goat's-beard Yellow dandelion-like, flowers only opening in the morning. Surrounded by narrow, pointed, sepal-like bracts, longer than the florets. Clock-like seedheads, achenes rough, pappuses feathered. Distinctive narrow, fleshy leaves, sheathing. Flower stems erect, usually unbranched, slightly swollen below flower, 35-60cm. Found in tall grassland and field edges. Also on dry banks, path and roadsides. Occasional, mainly central Ireland. 
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Goat's-beard, Aughinish, County Limerick. August 2008
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