Blue Moor-grass Sesleria caerulea Féar boirne Family: Poaceae Flowering April-June. Perennial. Native. Very compact, egg-shaped flowerheads, blue-violet spikelets with 2-3 flowers with minute awns and membraneous glumes. Broad, mainly basal, greyish-green leaves, the blunt tips with a minute point. Short, blunt ligules. Keeled leaves and sheaths.. Height 15-30cm. Found in limestone areas on rocky ground and in grassland. Can be locally frequent in parts of central, western and north-western Ireland.

     



Blue Moor-grass, Sesleria caerula. The Burren, April 2009