Irish wildflowers
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St.Patricks Cabbage Numerous small white flowers, down-turned red sepals. Pink anthers, ovary. Petals have several pink spots near centre, 2 yellow spots near base. Basal rosettes of coarse-toothed, spoon-shaped leaves with transluscent margins. Broad flat leaf stalks, sparsely hairy, usually longer than leaf. Height: 15-40 cm. Mainly S, W Ireland, locally abundant, damp acidic rocks. Part of Lusitanian Flora Similar: Kidney Saxifrage, S. hirsuta 
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