Photographs: the Burren, Co. Clare

Harebell Campanula rotundifolia Méaracán gorm Family: Campanulaceae Flowering time: July-September. Perennial. Native. The nodding pale-blue, bell shaped flowers can occasionally be white. Stem leaves are small and narrow, the upper leaves unstalked. The more/less round basal leaves usually wither early. A hairless plant with erect/ascending slender stems. Height 15-35 cm. Most frequent in west and north-west Ireland on dry grassland, heaths and dunes. Also grows in rock seams in mountaineous areas. Similar: Ivy-leaved Bellflower, Wahlenbergia hederacea is very small

Harebell, Campanula rotundifolia, Méaracán gorm