Photographs: Co. Cork

Sticky Mouse-ear Cerastium glomeratum Cluas luchóige ghreamaitheach Family: Caryophyllaceae Flowering time: March-September. Annual. Native. Clusters of small white flowers that rarely open fully, the petals similar in length to the sepals. Sepals have long whitish hairs. The leaves are often yellowish-green and broadly oval. An erect or ascending plant, covered with sticky, gland-tipped hairs. Height to 45cm Throughout Ireland on waste and arable ground, walls, dunes, roadsides Similar: Common Mouse-ear, Cerastium fontanum

Sticky Mouse-ear, Cerastium glomeratum, Cluas luchóige ghreamaitheach