Irish wildflowers

Hairy Bittercress, Cardamine hirsuta, Ialus Searbh-bhiolar giobach
Photographs: Co. Cork

Hairy Bittercress
Cardamine hirsuta
Searbh-bhiolar giobach
Family: Brassicaceae

Flowering all year. Annual. Native.

Flowers are small and white with 4 petals and 4 stamens.
Variable, a more or less hairy plant with straight or wavy stems and compound pinnate leaves. Height: 8-20 cm

Common garden weed, widespread on dry bare ground and walls.

Similar: Wavy Bittercress, Cardamine flexuosa. Biennial or perennial. Larger plant, the flowers with 6 stamens.

Hairy Bittercress, Cardamine hirsuta, Ialus Searbh-bhiolar giobach

Hairy Bittercress, Cardamine hirsuta, Ialus Searbh-bhiolar giobach
Hairy Bittercress, Cardamine hirsuta, Ialus Searbh-bhiolar giobach

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