Irish wildflowers BSBI map

Golden Samphire, Limbarda crithmoides, Ailleann Pheadair
Photographs: Co. Cork and Co. Waterford

Golden-samphire
Limbarda crithmoides (Inula crithmoides)
Ailleann Pheadair
Family: Asteraceae

Flowering time: July-September. Perennial. Native.

Clusters of flowers with golden-yellow rays surrounding a centre of orange disc-florets. The fleshy, alternate leaves are linear, stalkless and either untoothed or with 3 apex teeth. Erect and tufted with branched stems that can become woody. Height 15-80cm.

A rare plant on Irish coasts, found at the edge of shingle beaches and on sea-cliffs and dry salt-marshes.

Golden Samphire, Limbarda crithmoides, Ailleann Pheadair

Golden Samphire, Limbarda crithmoides, Ailleann Pheadair

Golden Samphire, Limbarda crithmoides, Ailleann Pheadair
Golden Samphire, Limbarda crithmoides (Inula crithmoides), Ailleann Pheadair

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