Photographs: Co. Cork

Nipplewort Lapsana communis Duilleog Bhríde Family: Asteraceae Flowering time: July-September. Annual. Native. Stalked small pale-yellow flowers in loose panicles. The basal leaves are pinnate with large, toothed, oval end-lobes. Upper leaves are stalkless, diamond-oval shape and toothed. Erect much-branched leafy stems. There is much variation in size, leaf, and hairiness. Height: 25-90cm Very common throughout Ireland except on mountainous ground. Grows in woods and hedges and on roadsides and wasteground.

Nipplewort, Lapsana communis, Duilleog Bhríde