Kinsale, Co. Cork and Derrynane, Co. Kerry

Sea Mouse-ear Cerastium diffusum Cluas luchóige mhara Family: Caryophyllaceae Flowering time: March-July. Annual. Native. White flowers with 4 (sometimes 5) notched petals shorter than sepals. Leaf-like green bracts without pale margins. Straight seed capsules, usually 8-toothed. Lower leaves oblong to broadly oval, upper oval-elliptical. Glandular-hairy. Stems erect or spreading. Height to 30cm Very frequent around Irish coasts, occasional inland. on dry sandy or gravelly soil on open ground on dunes and grassland and on walls Similar: : Little Mouse-ear, C. semidecandrum. 5 petals, pale bracts

Sea Mouse-ear, Cerastium diffusum, Cluas luchóige mhara