Irish wildflowers sitemap
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Groundsel Yellow flowers. Ray florets absent or rarely v.small. Black-tipped bracts. Young flowerheads stalkless, stalk lengthens as fruit ripens. Fruit like dandelion clock. Narrow leaves, irregularly pinnate, lobes toothed, jagged. Weak erect stems, often red-tinged. Hairless / slightly woolly.Height: 10-35 cm. Abundant throughout on open disturbed ground. Similar: Heath Groundsel, S. sylvaticus. 
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Photographs above: Ballingeary, Co.Cork. August 2006
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