Photos: Rinecaha, the Burren

Mare's-tail Hippuris vulgaris Colgrach Family: Hippuridaceae Flowering June - July. Aquatic perennial. Native. Tiny greenish flowers without petals at base of leaves on emergent stems, male flowers with single reddish anther. Whorls of strap-like leaves on round, spongy stems. Erect emergent stems, trailing when submerged. Can be locally frequent in base-rich lakes, swamps, upland flushes and slow-moving streams and canals. Most frequent in central Ireland.

     



Mare's-tail, Hippuris vulgaris. Rinecaha, the Burren, July 2009