Irish wildflowers in May

Some of the wildflowers to be seen flowering in Ireland in May. Please hover over each image to show the Common and Irish name, and more photographs, information and a distribution map for each wildflower can be seen by clicking on each image.

avens,mountain (leaithín) avens,water (machall uisce) avens,wood (machall coille) buttercup,bulbous (tuile thalún) bilberry (fraochán) birds-foot (crúba éin) bluebell (coinnle corra) bogbean (bearnán lachan) bog-myrtle (raideog) brambles (dris) brooklime (lochall) broom (giolcach sléibhe) bugle (ghlasair choille) burnet,salad (lus an uille) butterwort,common (bodán meascáin) butterwort,large_flowered (leith uisce) campion,red (coireán coilleach) campion,white (coireán bán) cinquefoil,marsh (cnó léana) Cranesbill, cut-leaved (crobh giobach) cranesbill,doves-foot (crobh bog) cranesbill,long-stalked (crobh coilm) cranesbill,shining (crobh geal) cotton-grass (ceannabhán) cowslip (bainne bó bleachtáin) cow-wheat,common (lus an tsagairt) dead-nettle,red (neantóg chaoch dhearg) forget-me-not,creeping (ceotharnach reatha) fumitory (deatach talún) ground elder (lus an easpaig) ground ivy (athair lusa) hawthorn (scaech gheal) hawkweed,mouse-ear (lus na seabhac) heath,st.dabeoc's (fraoch na haon choise) hogweed (feabhrán) iris,yellow (feileastram) ladys-smock (biolar gréagáin) lousewort (lus an ghiolla) lords-and-ladies (chluas chaoin) marsh-marigold (lus buí beltaine) milkwort,heath (na deirfiúiríní) mind-your-own-business (lus na ndeor) mustard,garlic (bóchoinneal) orchid,early purple (magairlín meidhreach) orchid,fly (magairlín na gcuileanna) orchid,green-winged (magairlín féitheach) parsley,cow (pheirsil bhó) pansy,field (lus croí) pansy,sand (goirmín duimhche) pepperwort,smiths (piobar an duine bhoicht) periwinkle,greater (an fincín mor) pimpernel,yellow (lus cholm cille) pignut (cúlarán) ragged robin (plúr na cuaiche) sanicle (bodán cuille) saxifrage,kidney (mórán giobach) saxifrage,rue-leaved (mórán balla) scurvygrass,common (biolar trá) speedwell,common field (lus cré garraí) speedwell,germander (anuallach) speedwell,heath (lus cré) speedwell,ivy-leaved (lus cré eidhneach) speedwell,slender (lus cré réileán) speedwell,thyme-leaved (lus an treacha) speedwell,wall (lus cre balla) spurge,irish (bainne caoin) st.patricks cabbage (cabáiste an mhada rua) tare,hairy (peasair arbhair) three-cornered leek (creamh garraí) thrift (rabhán) toadflax,ivy-leaved (lus lín an fhalla) toothwort (slánú fiacal) trefoil,lesser (seamróg) vetch,bitter (corra meille) vetch,bush (peasair fhiáin) vetch,common (peasair chapaill) vetch,kidney (méara muire) vetchling,meadow (pisbhuí) violet,common dog-violet (fanaigse) violet,early dog-violet (sailchuach luath) violet,heath dog-violet (sailchuach mhóna) violet,marsh (sailchuach chorraigh) violet,pale dog-violet (sailchuach liath) water-crowfoots (néal uisce) water-crowfoot,stream (néal uisce bréige) water-crowfoot,ivy-leaved (néal uisce eidhneach) water-crowfoot,round-leaved (néal uisce righin) weld (buí mor) willow,creeping (saileach reatha) wintercress (treabhach) woodruff,sweet (lus moiles) woundwort,field (cuislín gan duaire) yellow rattle (gliográn)

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Below: Honeysuckle, Small-flowered Cranesbill, Brooklime, Poppy, Bugle and Heath-spotted Orchid. honeysuckle (táthfhéithleann) cranesbill,dovesfoot brooklime (lochall) poppy,common (cailleach dhearg) bugle (ghlasair choille) orchid,heath spotted (magairlín meidhreach)

st patricks cabbage (cabáiste an mhada rua) butterwort,large_flowered (leith uisce) avens,hybrid ragged robin (plúr na cuaiche) hemlock water-dropwort (tréanlus braonach an chorraigh) thistle,marsh (feochadán corraigh)

orchid,green-winged (magairlín féitheach) orchid,green-winged (magairlín féitheach) violet,pale dog-violet (sailchuach liath) vetch,common (peasair chapaill) yellow flag iris (feileastram) vetch,kidney (méara muire)

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