๐ŸŒธ Irish Wildflowers. ๐ŸŒธ

in photography โ€ขย  8 years agoย  (edited)

The sweet little wildflower I present today is the Wavy Bittercress
Cardamine flexuosa
Irish name: Searbh-bhiolar casta
From the Brassicacae family.
It flowers from March until September and is a biennial/perennial.

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It has petite white flowers with only four petals and six stamens.

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The stems and leaves are slightly hairy with narrow leaflets on the upper stems, broadening out towards the base. It grows up to a height of 50cms.

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This pretty plant thrives near streams, damp ground, waste ground, and of course in my garden.

Photos taken with Sony Xperia Xa and content 100% author's own.

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ย  ยท ย 8 years agoย 

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ย  ยท ย 8 years agoย 

Lovely photos - is it edible?

ย  ยท ย 8 years agoย 

It is indeed, along with the Hairy Bittercress. I haven't ever tried it before, but will do now.
So many of these "weeds"... I like to call them wildflowers, are useful. Nature provides all of what we need.

ย  ยท ย 8 years agoย 

So tiny and yet so beautiful

I do remember seeing so many beautiful pastures and wild flowers all over Ireland when I visited Ireland, Loved getting out of the cities and into the country

ย  ยท ย 8 years agoย 

So many so-called "weeds", I call them wildflowers are useful in some way to us. Nature provides everything we need.

ย  ยท ย 8 years agoย (edited)

I totally agree with you K - weed suggests something unwanted! I want all wildflowers haha
these below are not edible but still beautiful contributions to the garden that came up randomly and some would pull out as weeds. I love them all!
Hairy bittercress is delicious and have you tried Cleavers? Or catch grass as sometimes called.
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ย  ยท ย 8 years agoย 

No I haven't tried cleavers. I shall have to look that one up ๐Ÿค” Thank you for letting me know about this plant.

ย  ยท ย 8 years agoย 

yes I like or way of thinking I to consider them wild flowers, unlike man Nature is very organized everything has a useful purpose

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ย  ยท ย 6 months agoย 

So cool!

ย  ยท ย last yearย 

This is impressive stuff.

ย  ยท ย last yearย 

You're rocking it!

ย  ยท ย last yearย 

Well explained.

ย  ยท ย last yearย 

This is phenomenal!

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ย  ยท ย 6 months agoย 

This is so impressive.

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