Irish wildflowers BSBI map

Brookweed, Samolus valerandi, Falcaire uisce
Photographs: Mizen Head, Co. Cork

Brookweed
Samolus valerandi
Falcaire uisce
Family: Primulaceae

Flowering time: June-August. Short-lived perennial. Native.

The spikes of small, usually 5-petalled white flowers are followed by globular seeds. The basal rosettes have short-stalked, untoothed, hairless leaves and the stem-leaves are alternate and stalk-less. Height 5-20cm.

Forms small, often transient colonies on permanently and seasonly wet ground. Most frequent by coast but also found inland in western Ireland.

Brookweed, Samolus valerandi, Falcaire uisce

Brookweed, Samolus valerandi, Falcaire uisce
Brookweed, Samolus valerandi, Falcaire uisce

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