A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
The species listed are native wildflowers of Ireland unless marked with an asterix*.
The link from the Irish name opens a page with photographs, plant details and a link to the BSBI distribution map.
Index last updated 07.11.08.
Many thanks to Aindí Mac Giolla Chomhghaill for correcting my errors with the Irish names.
| IRISH | SCIENTIFIC | COMMON | |
| A | |||
| Adharca fia | Plantago coronopus | Plantain, buckshorn | |
| Ailleann Pheadair | Inula crithmoides | Golden-sampire | |
| Ainleog | Convolvulus arvensis | Bindweed, field | |
| Airgead luachra | Filipendula ulmaria | Meadowsweet | |
| Aiteal | Juniperus communis | Juniper | |
| Aiteann gaelach | Ulex gallii | Gorse, western/autumn | |
| Aiteann gallda | Ulex europaeus | Gorse, european | |
| Anuallach | Veronica chamaedrys | Speedwell, germander | |
| Athair * | Parthenocissus quinquefolia | Virginia-creeper | |
| Athair lusa | Glechoma hederacea | Ground-ivy | |
| Athair thalún | Achillea millefolium | Yarrow | |
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| Bacán bán | Nymphaea alba | Water-lily,white | |
| Bainne bó bleachtáin | Primula veris | Cowslip | |
| Bainne caoin | Euphorbia hyberna | Spurge, Irish | |
| Bainne léana | Euphorbia paralias | Spurge, sea | |
| Barr an mhilltigh | Triglochin palustris | Arrowgrass, marsh | |
| Barr an mhilltigh mara | Triglochin maritimum | Arrowgrass, sea | |
| Bearnán lachan | Menyanthes trifoliata | Bogbean | |
| Beathnua baineann | Hypericum pulchrum | St.John's-wort, slender | |
| Beathnua fireann | Hypericum tetrapterum | St.John's-wort, square-stalked | |
| Beathnua gan smál | Hypericum maculatum | St.John's-wort, imperforate | |
| Beathnua sraoilleach | Hypericum humifusum | St.John's-wort, trailing | |
| Beirbhéine * | Verbena officinalis | Vervain | |
| Biolar | Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum | Water-cress | |
| Biolar buí corraigh | Rorippa palustris | Yellow-cress, marsh | |
| Biolar buí na Boirne | Rorippa islandica | Yellow-cress, northern | |
| Biolar buí reatha | Rorippa sylvestris | Yellow-cress, creeping | |
| Biolar grá | Veronica anagallis-aquatica | Water-speedwell, blue | |
| Biolar grá dearg | Veronica catenata | Water-speedwell, pink | |
| Biolar gréagáin | Cardamine pratensis | Cuckoo-flower | |
| Biolar mion | Rorippa microphylla | Water-cress, narrow-fruited | |
| Biolar trá | Cochlearia officinalis | Scurvygrass, common | |
| Biorphiobar | Persicaria hydropiper | Water-pepper | |
| Bleachtán colgach | Sonchus asper | Sow-thistle, prickly | |
| Bleachtán léana | Sonchus arvensis | Sow-thistle, perennial | |
| Bleachtán mín | Sonchus oleraceus | Sow thistle, smooth | |
| Blide mhara | Suaeda maritima | Sea-blite, annual | |
| Bóchoinneal | Alliaria petiolata | Mustard, garlic | |
| Bodán coille | Sanicula europaea | Sanicle | |
| Bodán meascáin | Pinguicula vulgaris | Butterwort, common | |
| Boglas | Anchusa arvensis | Bugloss | |
| Boglas Spáinneach * | Pentaglottis sempervirens | Green alkanet | |
| Boladh cnis | Galium verum | Bedstraw, lady's | |
| Borráiste gorm * | Borago officinalis | Borage | |
| Bosán anagair | Erophila verna | Whitlowgrass | |
| Bosán te | Elatine hexandra | Waterwort, six-stamened | |
| Breallán dlúth * | Lysimachia punctata | Loosestrife, dotted | |
| Breallán léana | Lysimachia vulgaris | Loosestrife, yellow | |
| Brídeach * | Spiraea salicifolia | Bridewort | |
| Briosclán | Potentilla anserina | Silverweed | |
| Briúlán | Rosa pimpinellifolia | Rose, burnet | |
| Buachalán buí | Senecio jacobaea | Ragwort | |
| Buachalán corraigh | Senecio aquaticus | Ragwort, marsh | |
| Buachalán Pheadair * | Senecio squalidus | Ragwort, Oxford | |
| Buaflíon * | Linaria vulgaris | Toadflax, common | |
| Buaflíon balla | Cymbalaria muralis | Toadflax, ivy-leaved | |
| Buaflíon Breatnach * | Kickxia elantine | Fluellen, sharp-leaved | |
| Buaflíon corcra * | Linaria purpurea | Toadflax, purple | |
| Buaflíon minus * | Chaenorhinum minus | Toadflax, small | |
| Buí an bhogaigh * | Mimulus guttatus | Monkeyflower | |
| Buí mor | Reseda luteola | Weld | |
| Buíán * | Chrysanthemum segetum | Marigold, corn | |
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| Cab an ghasáin | Knautia arvensis | Scabious, field | |
| Cabáiste an mhada rua | Saxifraga spathularis | St.Patricks cabbage | |
| Cabáiste fiáin * | Brassica oleracea | Cabbage, wild | |
| Cabhán abhann | Nuphar lutea | Water-lily, yellow | |
| Cabróis dhuimhche | Spergularia rubra | Spurrey, sand | |
| Cabróis mhara bheag | Spergularia marina | Sea-spurrey, lesser | |
| Cabróis mhara mhór | Spergularia media | Sea-spurrey, greater | |
| Cabróis na gcloch | Spergularia rupicola | Sea-spurrey, rock | |
| Cailís Mhuire | Drosera intermedia | Sundew, oblong-leaved | |
| Cailleach dhearg * | Papaver rhoeas | Poppy, common | |
| Cailleach fhada * | Papaver dubium | Poppy, long-headed | |
| Caillichín na trá | Glaucium flavum | Poppy, yellow horned | |
| Cailmint | Clinopodium ascendens | Calamint | |
| Cainchín balla * | Cotoneaster horizontalis | Cotoneaster | |
| Cainneann | Allium ampeloprasum var. babingtonii | Leek, Babingtons | |
| Caisearbhán gaelach | Taraxacum amarellum | Dandelion, Irish | |
| Caisearbhán | Taraxacum officinale agg. | Dandelions | |
| Caithne | Arbutus unedo | Strawberry-tree | |
| Camán meall | Chamaemelum nobile | Chamomile, common | |
| Camán searraigh ard * | Fumaria capreolata | Fumitory, white ramping | |
| Camán searraigh balla * | Fumaria muralis | Fumitory, common ramping | |
| Camán searraigh díge | Fumaria officinalis | Fumitory, common | |
| Caochneantóg bhán * | Lamium album | Dead-nettle, white | |
| Caochneantóg dhearg | Lamium purpureum | Dead-nettle, red | |
| Caochneantóg dhiosctha * | Lamium hybridum | Dead-nettle, cut-leaved | |
| Caor chon | Viburnum opulus | Guelder-rose | |
| Caorthann corraigh | Valeriana officinalis | Valerian, common | |
| Carnán caisil | Umbilicus rupestris | Pennywort, Wall | |
| Carrán creige | Cochlearia danica | Scurvygrass, Danish | |
| Carrán muirisce | Cochlearia anglica | Scurvygrass, English | |
| Cartlainn gharraí * | Mentha spicata | Mint: Spearmint | |
| Catluibh | Antennaria dioica | Everlasting, mountain | |
| Ceadharlach Bealtaine | Gentiana verna | Gentian, spring | |
| Ceannbhán | Eriophorum angustifolium | Cotton-grass, common | |
| Ceannbhán gaelach | Eriophorum vaginatum | Cotton-grass, hares-tail | |
| Cearrbhacán mara | Cakile maritima | Rocket, sea | |
| Ceathrú uain | Valerianella locusta | Cornsalad | |
| Ceathrú uain dhroimneach * | Valerianella carinata | Cornsalad, keeled | |
| Ceotharnach beag | Myosotis laxa | Forget-me-not, tufted | |
| Ceotharnach reatha | Myosotis secunda | Forget-me-not, creeping | |
| Ceotharnach uisce | Myosotis scorpioides | Forget-me-not, water | |
| Cladhthach * | Coronopus squamatus | Swine-cress | |
| Cladhthach mhín * | Coronopus didymus | Swine-cress, lesser | |
| Clamhán | Cuscuta epithymum | Dodder | |
| Cluas chait | Hypochaeris radicata | Cats-ear | |
| Cluas chaoin | Arum maculatum | Lords-and-ladies | |
| Cluas chaoin riabhach * | Arum italicum ssp. italicum | Lords-and-ladies, Italian | |
| Cluas liath | Cerastium holosteoides | Mouse-ear, common | |
| Cluas luchóige ghreamaitheach | Cerastium glomeratum | Mouse-ear, sticky | |
| Cluas luchóige mhara | Cerastium diffusum | Mouse-ear, sea | |
| Cluas luchóige mhóinéir | Cerastium arvense | Mouse-ear, field | |
| Cnádán | Arctium minus | Burdock, lesser | |
| Cnádán fáil | Arctium nemorosum | Burdock, wood | |
| Cnáib uisce | Eupatorium cannabinum | Hemp-agrimony | |
| Cnó léana | Potentilla palustris | Cinquefoil, marsh | |
| Cochall | Scutellaria galericulata | Skullcap | |
| Cochall beag | Scutellaria minor | Skullcap, lesser | |
| Codlaidín * | Papaver somniferum | Poppy, opium | |
| Cogal * | Agrostemma githago | Corncockle | |
| Coinneal oíche * | Oenothera agg. | Evening-primrose | |
| Coinnle corra | Hyacinthoides non-scripta | Bluebell | |
| Coinnle Muire | Verbascum thapsus | Mullein, great | |
| Coireán bán * | Silene latifolia | Campion, white | |
| Coireán coilleach | Silene dioica | Campion, red | |
| Coireán mara | Silene uniflora | Campion, sea | |
| Coireán na gcuach | Silene vulgaris | Campion, bladder | |
| Colaimbín * | Aquilegia vulgaris | Columbine | |
| Coll | Corylus avellana | Hazel | |
| Coll an dromáin | Pimpinella major | Burnet-saxifrage, greater | |
| Compar * | Symphytum officinale | Comfrey | |
| Compar Rúiseach * | Symphytum x uplandicum | Comfrey, Russian | |
| Copóg chatach | Rumex crispus | Dock, curled | |
| Copóg shráide | Rumex obtusifolius | Dock, broad | |
| Copóg thriopallach | Rumex conglomeratus | Dock, clustered | |
| Corra meille | Lathyrus linifolius | Vetch, bitter | |
| Corrán lín | Spergula arvensis | Spurrey, corn | |
| Corrchopóg | Alisma plantago-aquatica | Water-plantain, common | |
| Cos mhaideach | Trifolium arvense | Clover, hares-foot | |
| Crág phortáin | Leontodon autumnalis | Hawkbit, autumn | |
| Crág phortáin bheag | Leontodon saxatalis | Hawkbit, lesser | |
| Crág phortáin gharbh | Leontodon hispidus | Hawkbit, rough | |
| Crann fia-úll | Malus sylvestris | Crab-apple | |
| Craobhraic | Crithmum maritimum | Samphire, rock | |
| Créachtach | Lythrum salicaria | Purple-loosestrife | |
| Créachtlus | Stachys sylvatica | Woundwort, hedge | |
| Creagach | Erodium cicutarium | Stork's-bill, common | |
| Creagach mara | Erodium maritimum | Stork's-bill, sea | |
| Creagach muscach | Erodium moschatum | Stork's-bill, musk | |
| Creamh | Allium ursinum | Ramsons | |
| Creamh garraí * | Allium triquetrum | Three-cornered garlic | |
| Crobh coilm | Geranium columbinum | Crane's-bill,long-stalked | |
| Crobh cruinn | Geranium rotundifolium | Crane's-bill, round-leaved | |
| Crobh dearg | Geranium sanguineum | Crane's-bill, bloody | |
| Crobh éin | Lotus corniculatus | Birds-foot-trefoil, common | |
| Crobh éin corraigh | Lotus pendunculatus | Birds-foot-trefoil, greater | |
| Crobh geal | Geranium lucidum | Crane's-bill, shining | |
| Crobh giobach | Geranium dissectum | Crane's-bill, cut-leaved | |
| Crobh gorm | Geranium pratense | Crane's-bill, meadow | |
| Crobh na bhfál * | Geranium pyrenaicum | Crane's-bill, hedgerow | |
| Crúba éin | Ornithopus perpusillus | Birds-foot | |
| Cuach Phádraig | Plantago major | Plantain, greater | |
| Cuaichín caol | Cephalanthera longifolia | Helleborine, narrow-leaved | |
| Cuaichín corraigh | Epipactis palustris | Helleborine, marsh | |
| Cuaichín dearg | Epipactis atrorubens | Helleborine, dark red | |
| Cúig mhéar Mhuire | Potentilla reptans | Cinquefoil, creeping | |
| Cuileann | Ilex aquifolium | Holly | |
| Cuileann trá | Eryngium maritimum | Sea holly | |
| Cúilín gaelach | Spiranthes romanzoffiana | Ladys-tresses, Irish | |
| Cúilín Muire | Spiranthes spiralis | Ladys-tresses, autumn | |
| Cuirdín bán * | Pastinaca sativa | Parsnip, wild | |
| Cuirdín | Equisetaceae agg. | Horsetails | |
| Cuirín * | Ribes sanguineum | Currant, flowering | |
| Cuirín dubh * | Ribes nigrum | Currant, flowering | |
| Cuislín gan duaire | Stachys arvensis | Woundwort, field | |
| Cúlarán | Conopodium majus | Pignut | |
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| Dáthabha bán | Oenanthe crocata | Water-dropwort, hemlock | |
| Dáthabha peirsile | Oenanthe lachenalii | Water-dropwort, parsley | |
| Dearg faille | Sherardia arvensis | Madder, field | |
| Dearna Mhuire | Alchemilla mollis | Ladys-mantle | |
| Dédhuilleog | Listera ovata | Twayblade, common | |
| Dédhuilleog bheag | Listera cordata | Twayblade, lesser | |
| Donnlus | Scrophularia nodosa | Figwort, common | |
| Donnlus uisce | Scrophularia auriculata | Figwort, water | |
| Draighean | Prunus spinosa | Blackthorn | |
| Draighean mara * | Hippophae rhamnoides | Sea-buckthorn | |
| Dréimire beag | Centaurium pulchellum | Centaury, lesser | |
| Dréimire buí | Blackstonia perfoliata | Yellow-wort | |
| Dréimire Mhuire | Centaurium erythyraea | Centaury | |
| Dris | Rubus fruticosus agg. | Brambles | |
| Dris álainn * | Rubus spectablis | Salmon-berry | |
| Dris chumhra | Rosa rubiginosa | Sweet-briar | |
| Dris chumhra bheag | Rosa micrantha | Sweet-briar, small-flowered | |
| Dris chumhra gheal | Rosa agrestis | Sweet-briar, small-leaved | |
| Drúichtín móna | Drosera rotundifolia | Sundew,round-leaved | |
| Duán ceannchosach | Prunella vulgaris | Selfheal | |
| Duán na gcaorach | Jasione montana | Sheeps-bit | |
| Duilleog Bhríde | Lapsana communis | Nipplewort | |
| Duilleog na saor | Stachys palustris | Woundwort, marsh | |
| Dúmheidic | Medicago lupulina | Medick, black | |
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| Eidhneán | Hedera hibernica | Ivy, Atlantic | |
| Eilifleog * | Atriplex patula | Orache, common | |
| Eilifleog chladaigh | Atriplex glabriuscula | Orache, Babingtons | |
| Eilifleog leathan | Atriplex prostrata | Orache, spear-leaved | |
| Eilifleog phlúrach | Atriplex laciniata | Orache, frosted | |
| Eireaball rí | Geranium purpureum | Little-robin | |
| Eithreog | Rubus caesius | Dewberry | |
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| Falcaire corraigh | Anagallis tenella | Pimpernel, bog | |
| Falcaire fiáin | Anagallis arvensis | Pimpernel, scarlet | |
| Falcaire uisce | Samolus valerandi | Brookweed | |
| Fanaigse | Viola riviniana | Dog-violet, common | |
| Feabhraíd | Parietaria judaica | Pellitory-of-the-wall | |
| Feabhrán | Heracleum sphondylium | Hogweed | |
| Fearbán beag * | Ranunculus parviflorus | Buttercup, small-flowered | |
| Fearbán féir | Ranunculus acris | Buttercup, meadow | |
| Fearbán reatha | Ranunculus repens | Buttercup, creeping | |
| Feascarlus * | Hesperis matronalis | Dame's-violet | |
| Feileastram | Iris pseudacorus | Iris,yellow | |
| Feileastram dearg * | Crocosmia × crocosmiflora | Montbretia | |
| Feilistrín gorm | Sisyrinchium bermudiana | Blue-eyed-grass | |
| Feirdhris | Rosa canina | Dog-rose | |
| Féithleann álainn * | Leycesteria formosa | Honeysuckle, himalayan | |
| Feochadán colgach | Cirsium vulgare | Thistle, spear | |
| Feochadán corraigh | Cirsium palustre | Thistle, marsh | |
| Feochadán crom | Carduus nutans | Thistle, musk | |
| Feochadán mín | Carlina vulgaris | Thistle, carline | |
| Feochadán reangach | Carduus crispus | Thistle, welted | |
| Feochadán reatha | Cirsium arvense | Thistle, creeping | |
| Feorán corraigh | Lycopus europaeus | Gipsywort | |
| Fincín beag * | Vinca minor | Periwinkle, lesser | |
| Fincín mór * | Vinca major | Periwinkle, greater | |
| Finéal * | Foeniculum vulgare | Fennel | |
| Finidí na muc | Tragopogon pratensis | Goat's-beard | |
| Fíogadán cumhra * | Matricaria recutita | Mayweed, scented | |
| Fionnas fáil | Torilis japonica | Parsley, upright hedge | |
| Fionnscoth | Parnassia palustris | Grass of Parnassus | |
| Fiúise * | Fuchsia magellanica | Fuchsia | |
| Fliodh uisce | Montia fontana | Blinks | |
| Fraoch cloigíneach | Erica cinerea | Heather, bell | |
| Fraoch mór | Calluna vulgaris | Heather, ling | |
| Fraoch na haon choise | Daboecia cantabrica | Heath, St. Dabeoc's | |
| Fraoch naoscaí | Erica tetralix | Heath, cross-leaved | |
| Fraochán | Vaccinium myrtillus | Bilberry | |
| Fréamhacha tairne | Ononis repens | Restharrow | |
| Fuath dubh * | Solanum nigrum | Nightshade, black | |
| Fuath gorm | Solanum dulcamara | Nightshade, woody / Bittersweet | |
| Fuilig | Stellaria media | Chickweed, common | |
| Fuinseagach | Circaea lutetiana | Enchanters-nightshade | |
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| Gá buí | Galeopsis tetrahit | Hemp-nettle, common | |
| Gabhrán * | Clematis vitalba | Travellers-joy | |
| Gafann | Hyoscyamus niger | Henbane | |
| Gaineamhlus earraigh | Minuartia verna | Sandwort, spring | |
| Gaineamhlus féitheach | Moehringia trinervia | Sandwort, three-nerved | |
| Gaineamhlus mara | Honckenya peploides | Sandwort, sea | |
| Gaineamhlus mín * | Minuartia hybrida | Sandwort, fine-leaved | |
| Gaineamhlus tíme | Arenaria serpyllifolia | Sandwort, thyme-leaved | |
| Gairleog Mhuire | Allium vineale | Garlic, crow | |
| Gallán mór | Petasites hybridus | Butterbur | |
| Gallfheabhrán | Angelica sylvestris | Angelica, wild | |
| Garbhán creagach * | Saponaria officinalis | Soapwort | |
| Garbhlus | Galium aparine | Cleavers | |
| Garbhlus na boirne | Rubia peregrina | Madder, wild | |
| Gas caillí giobach | Arabis hirsuta | Rockcress, hairy | |
| Gathán lín | Radiola linoides | Allseed | |
| Gearr nimhe * | Euphorbia peplus | Spurge, petty | |
| Giodairiam buí * | Pseudofumaria lutea | Corydalis, yellow | |
| Giolcach shléibhe | Cytisus scoparius | Broom | |
| Glanrosc | Euphrasia agg. | Eyebrights | |
| Glanrosc gaelach | Euphrasia salisburgensis var.hibernica | Eyebright, Irish | |
| Glasair bheannach | Ajuga pyramidalis | Bugle, pyramidal | |
| Glasair choille | Ajuga reptans | Bugle | |
| Glasair léana mhór | Ranunculus lingua | Spearwort, greater | |
| Gliográn | Rhinanthus minor | Yellow rattle | |
| Glóiriam * | Iris foetidissima | Iris, stinking | |
| Glóiris | Chrysosplenium oppositifolium | Golden-saxifrage, opposite-leaved | |
| Glúineach an chlúimh * | Persicaria campanulata | Knotweed, lesser | |
| Glúineach bhán * | Persicaria lapathifolia | Persicaria, pale | |
| Glúineach bheag | Polygonun aviculare | Knotgrass | |
| Glúineach bhiorach * | Fallopia japonica | Knotweed, Japanese | |
| Glúineach chapaill * | Fallopia sachalinensis | Knotweed, giant | |
| Glúineach dhearg | Persicaria maculosa | Redshank | |
| Glúineach dhubh | Fallopia convolvulus | Bindweed, black | |
| Glúineach ghainimh | Polygonum arenastrum | Knotgrass, equal-leaved | |
| Glúineach mhara | Polygonum oxyspermum | Knotgrass, Ray's | |
| Glúineach spíceach * | Persicaria wallichii | Knotweed, Himalayan | |
| Glúineach uisce | Persicaria amphibia | Bistort, amphibious | |
| Gnamhlus corraigh | Gnaphalium uliginosum | Cudweed, marsh | |
| Goirmín duimhche | Viola tricolor spp. curtsii | Pansy, sand | |
| Gormán * | Centaurea cyanus | Cornflower | |
| Grafán bán na gcloch * | Sedum album | Stonecrop, white | |
| Grafán creige * | Sedum forsterianum | Stonecrop, rock | |
| Grafán crom * | Sedum rupestre | Stonecrop, reflexed | |
| Grafán dubh * | Ballota nigra | Horehound, black | |
| Grafán na gcloch | Sedum acre | Stonecrop, biting | |
| Grán arcáin | Ranunculus ficaria | Celandine, lesser | |
| Grianrós liath | Helianthemum oelandicum | Rock-rose, hoary | |
| Grúnlas | Senecio vulgaris | Groundsel | |
| Grúnlas greamaitheach * | Senecio viscosus | Groundsel, sticky | |
| Grúnlas móna | Senecio sylvaticus | Groundsel, heath | |
| Gunna uisce | Apium nodiflorum | Water-cress, fools | |
| Gunnaire * | Gunnera tinctoria | Giant-rhubarb | |
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| Hocas ard | Lavatera arborea | Tree-mallow | |
| Hocas muscach * | Malva moschata | Musk-mallow | |
| Hocas tae | Odontites vernus | Bartsia, red | |
| Hocas tae buí | Parentucellia viscosa | Bartsia, yellow | |
| Hopa * | Humulus lupulus | Hop | |
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| Ialus fáil | Calystegia sepium | Bindweed, hedge | |
| Ialus giobach * | Calystegia pulchra | Bindweed, hairy | |
| Ialus giobach * | Calystegia silvatica | Bindweed, large | |
| Iúr sléibhe | Teucrium scorodonia | Sage, wood | |
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| Labhras * | Laurus nobilis | Bay | |
| Labhras silíní * | Prunus laurocerasus | Laurel | |
| Laíon na trá | Beta vulgaris ssp maritima | Sea beet | |
| Lasair léana | Ranunculus flammula | Spearwort, lesser | |
| Leadán úcaire | Dipsacus fullonum | Teasel | |
| Leaithín | Dryas octopetala | Avens, mountain | |
| Leamhach * | Althaea officinalis | Mallow, marsh | |
| Leith uisce | Pinguicula grandiflora | Butterwort, large-flowered | |
| Leith uisce beag | Pinguicula lusitanica | Butterwort, pale | |
| Leitís bhalla * | Mycelis muralis | Lettuce, wall | |
| Leitís cholgach * | Lactuca serriola | Lettuce, prickly | |
| Liach Bhríde | potamogeton natans | pondweed,broad-leaved | |
| Liach mhóna | Potamogeton polygonifolius | Pondweed, bog | |
| Liath na trá | Seriphidium maritima | Wormwood, sea | |
| Líon na Nua-Shéalainne * | Phormium tenax | Flax, New Zealand | |
| Lochall | Veronica beccabunga | Brooklime | |
| Luibh an chiorraithe | Hypericum elodes | St.John's-wort, marsh | |
| Luibh bhléine | Aster tripolium | Aster, sea | |
| Luibh na bhfear gonta | Galium saxatile | Bedstraw, heath | |
| Luibheolaíocht | Chara sp. | Stoneworts | |
| Lus an bhainne | Polygala vulgaris | Milkwort, common | |
| Lus an bhalla * | Erysimum cheiri | Wallflower | |
| Lus an chladaigh | Littorella uniflora | Shoreweed | |
| Lus an chromchinn * | Narcissus species | Daffodils | |
| Lus an dá phingin | Lysimachia nummularia | Creeping-jenny | |
| Lus an easpaig * | Aegopodium podagria | Ground-elder | |
| Lus an Ghaill | Atriplex portulacoides | Sea-purslane | |
| Lus an ghiolla | Pedicularis sylvatica ssp.hibernica | Lousewort | |
| Lus an óir | Sisymbrium officinale | Mustard, hedge | |
| Lus an phiobair * | Mentha aquatica x M.spicata | Mint, peppermint | |
| Lus an sparáin | Capsella bursa-pastoris | Shepherds purse | |
| Lus an treacha | Veronica serpyllifolia | Speedwell, thyme-leaved | |
| Lus an tsagairt | Melampyrum pratense | Cow-wheat, common | |
| Lus an tsailte | Glaux maritima | Sea-milkwort | |
| Lus an tsalainn | Salsola kali | Saltwort, prickly | |
| Lus an tsalainn | Sanguisorba minor | Burnet, salad | |
| Lus Bealtaine mara | Tripleurospernum maritima | Mayweed, sea | |
| Lus beatha | Stachys officinalis | Betony | |
| Lus borraigh gaelach | Utricularia intermedia sens.lat | Bladderwort | |
| Lus buí Bealtaine | Caltha palustris | Marsh-marigold | |
| Lus buí Mhanannáin * | Hypericum calycinum | Rose-of-Sharon | |
| Lus búi na ndreancaidi | Pulicaria dysenterica | Fleabane, common | |
| Lus Cholm Cille | Lysimachia nemorum | Pimpernel, yellow | |
| Lus corráin | Achillea ptarmica | Sneezewort | |
| Lus cré | Veronica officinalis | Speedwell, heath | |
| Lus cré balla | Veronica arvensis | Speedwell, wall | |
| Lus cré coille | Veronica montana | Speedwell, wood | |
| Lus cré corraigh | Veronica scutellata | Speedwell, marsh | |
| Lus cré eidhneach * | Veronica hederifolia | Speedwell, ivy-leaved | |
| Lus cré garraí * | Veronica persica | Speedwell, common field | |
| Lus cré léana * | Veronica agrestis | Speedwell, green field | |
| Lus cré liath * | Veronica polita | Speedwell, grey field | |
| Lus cré mór * | Veronica crista-galli | Speedwell, crested | |
| Lus cré réileán * | Veronica filiformis | Speedwell, slender | |
| Lus croí | Viola arvensis | Pansy, field | |
| Lus cúráin gobach * | Crepis vesicaria | Hawksbeard, beaked | |
| Lus cúráin mín | Crepis capillaris | Hawksbeard, smooth | |
| Lus deartán | Tanacetum parthenium | Feverfew | |
| Lus glinne * | Mercurialis perennis | Mercury, dog's | |
| Lus glinne beag * | Mercurialis annua | Mercury, annual | |
| Lus lathaí | Limosella aquatica | Mudwort | |
| Lus liath aille | Limonium binervosum agg. | Sea-lavender, rock | |
| Lus liath na mara | Limonium humile | Sea-lavender, lax-flowered | |
| Lus míonla buí | Myosotis discolor | Forget-me-not, changing | |
| Lus míonla goirt | Myosotis arvensis | Forget-me-not, field | |
| Lus míonla luath | Myosotis ramosissima | Forget-me-not, early | |
| Lus moileas | Galium odoratum | Woodruff | |
| Lus mór | Digitalis purpurea | Foxglove | |
| Lus na bhfaithní * | Euphorbia helioscopia | Spurge, sun | |
| Lus na gaoithe | Anemone nemorosa | Anemone, wood | |
| Lus na gloine | Salicornia agg. | Glassworts | |
| Lus na haincise | Asperula cynanchica | Squinancywort | |
| Lus na hiothlainne * | Matricaria discoidea | Pineappleweed | |
| Lus na Maighdine Muire | Hypericum perforatum | St.Johns-wort, perforate | |
| Lus na mban sí | Linum catharticum | Flax, fairy | |
| Lus na meala * | Melissa officinalis | Balm, lemon | |
| Lus na Meall Muire * | Malva sylvestris | Mallow, common | |
| Lus na ndeor * | Soleirolia soleirolii | Mind-your-own-business | |
| Lus na pingine | Hydrocotyle vulgaris | Pennywort, marsh | |
| Lus na pléisce * | Impatiens glandulifera | Balsam, himalayan/indian | |
| Lus na seabhac | Hieracium agg. | Hawkweeds | |
| Lus na tine * | Chamerion angustifolium | Willowherb,rosebay | |
| Lus nathrach | Echium vulgare | Vipers-bugloss | |
| Lus Oilealla * | Euphorbia amygdaloides | Spurge, wood | |
| Lus súgach | Asparagus officinalis ssp. prostratus | Asparagus, wild | |
| Lus taghla | Gymnadenia conopsea | Orchid, fragrant | |
| Lusrán grándubh | Smyrnium olusatrum | Alexanders | |
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| Macall coille | Geum urbanum | Avens, wood | |
| Macall uisce | Geum rivale | Avens, water | |
| Magairlín an loscáin | Coeloglossum viride | Orchid, frog | |
| Magairlín beag an fhéileacáin | Platanthera bifolia | Butterfly-orchid, lesser | |
| Magairlín caol | Dactylorhiza traunsteineri | Marsh-orchid, narrow-leaved | |
| Magairlín féitheach | Orchis morio | Orchid, green-winged | |
| Magairlín gaelach | Dactylorhiza occidentalis | Marsh-orchid, western | |
| Magairlín glas | Neotinea maculata | Orchid, dense-flowered | |
| Magairlín meidhreach | Orchis mascula | Orchid, early purple | |
| Magairlín mór | Dactylorhiza incarnata | Marsh-orchid, early | |
| Magairlín mór an fhéileacáin | Platanthera chlorantha | Butterfly-orchid, greater | |
| Magairlín na gcuileanna | Ophyrs insectifera | Orchid, fly | |
| Magairlín na mbeach | Ophrys apifera | Orchid, bee | |
| Magairlín na stuaice | Anacamptis pyramidalis | Orchid, pyramidal | |
| Magairlín neide éin | Neottia nidus-avis | Orchid, birds-nest | |
| Máirtín fiáin | Origanum vulgare | Marjoram, wild | |
| Marbhdhraighean | Agrimonia eupatoria | Agrimony | |
| Marbhdhraighean cumhra | Agrimonia procera | Agrimony, fragrant | |
| Meá drua | Tripleurospernum inodorum | Mayweed, scentless | |
| Meacan mara | Raphanus raphanistrum ssp.maritimus | Radish, sea | |
| Meacan ragaim * | Armoracia rusticana | Horse-radish | |
| Mealbhacán | Daucus carota | Carrot, wild | |
| Mealbhacán mara | Daucus carota ssp. gummifer | Carrot, sea | |
| Méara Muire | Anthyllis vulneraris | Vetch, kidney | |
| Méaracán gorm | Campanula rotundifolia | Harebell | |
| Meas torc allta | Hypericum androsaemum | Tutsan | |
| Méirín sí * | Erinus alpinus | Foxglove, fairy | |
| Milseán móna | Pedicularis palustris | Lousewort, marsh | |
| Mínscoth | Centaurea nigra | Knapweed | |
| Mínscoth mhór | Centaurea scabiosa | Knapweed, greater | |
| Mionán Muire | Aphanes arvensis | Parsley-piert | |
| Mionán Muire caol | Aphanes australis | Parsley-piert, slender | |
| Mismín arbhair | Mentha arvensis | Mint, corn | |
| Mismín burla | Mentha x verticillata | Mint, whorled | |
| Mismín cumhra * | Mentha suaveolens | Mint, round-leaved | |
| Mismín mionsach | Mentha aquatica | Mint, water | |
| Moing mhear | Conium maculatum | Hemlock | |
| Mongach meisce | Artemisia vulgaris | Mugwort | |
| Mongán glúineach | Sagina nodosa | Pearlwort, knotted | |
| Mongán lom | Sagina apetala | Pearlwort, annual | |
| Mongán mara | Sagina maritima | Pearlwort, sea | |
| Mongán móna | Sagina subulata | Pearlwort, heath | |
| Mongán sínte | Sagina procumbens | Pearlwort, procumbent | |
| Mórán balla | Saxifraga tridactylites | Saxifrage, rue-leaved | |
| Mórán caonaigh | Saxifraga hypnoides | Saxifrage, mossy | |
| Mórán gaelach | Saxifraga rosacea | Saxifrage, Irish | |
| Mórán giobach | Saxifraga hirsuta | Saxifrage, kidney | |
| Múchóg | Orobanche hederae | Broomrape, ivy | |
| Múchóg bheag | Orobanche minor | Broomrape, common | |
| Múchóg dhearg | Orobanche alba | Broomrape, thyme | |
| Muilcheann | Orobanche alba | Gentian, autumn | |
| Mustard liath | Hirschfeldia incana | Mustard, hoary | |
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| Na circíní | Dactylorhiza maculata | Spotted-orchid, heath | |
| Na deirfiúiríní | Polygala serpyllifolia | Milkwort,heath | |
| Na fiúsaíos * | Fuchsia magellanica | Fuchsia | |
| Néal uisce | Ranunculus subgenus Batrachium | water-crowfoots | |
| Néal uisce bréige | Ranunculus penicillatus | Water-crowfoot, stream | |
| Néal uisce cruinn | Ranunculus omiophyllus | Crowfoot, round-leaved | |
| Néal uisce eidhneach | Ranunculus hederaceum | Crowfoot, ivy-leaved | |
| Néalfartach | Potentilla erecta | Tormentil | |
| Néalfartach shraoilleach | Potentilla anglica | Tormentil, trailing | |
| Neantóg | Urtica dioica | Nettle | |
| Neantóg bheag * | Urtica urens | Nettle, small | |
| Niamhscoth Phroinséis * | Hebe x franciscana | Hebe: Hedge Veronica | |
| Nóinín | Bellis perennis | Daisy | |
| Nóinín balla * | Erigeron karvinskianus | Fleabane, Mexican | |
| Noínín mór | Leucanthemum vulgare | Daisy, ox-eye | |
| Nuacht bhallach | Dactylorhiza fuchsii | Spotted-orchid, common | |
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| Odhrach bhallach | Succisa pratensis | Scabious, devils-bit | |
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| Peasair arbhair | Vicia hirsuta | Tare, hairy | |
| Peasair chapaill | Vicia sativa ssp.segetalis | Vetch, common | |
| Peasair fhiáin | Vicia sepium | Vetch, bush | |
| Peasair na luch | Vicia cracca | Vetch, tufted | |
| Peasairín buí | Lathyrus pratensis | Vetchling, meadow | |
| Peasairín trá | Lathyrus japonicus ssp. maritimus | Pea, sea | |
| Peirsil amaide * | Aethusa cynapium | Parsley, fool's | |
| Peirsil bhó | Anthriscus sylvestris | Parsley, cow | |
| Peirsil bhog | Anthriscus caucalis | Chervil, bur | |
| Peirsil gharraí * | Petroselinum crispum | Parsley, garden | |
| Píbín uisce | Eriocaulon aquaticum | Pipewort | |
| Piobar an duine bhoicht | Lepidium heterophyllum | Pepperwort, Smith's | |
| Piobracas * | Lepidum latifolium | Dittander | |
| Plúirín samhraidh * | Leucojum aestivum | Snowflake, summer | |
| Plúr an locháin | Lobelia dortmanna | Lobelia, water | |
| Plúr an phrionsa | Calystegia soldanella | Bindweed, sea | |
| Plúr na cuaiche | Lychnis flos-cuculi | Ragged-robin | |
| Plúr na gréine * | Petasites fragrans | Winter Heliotrope | |
| Poipín Breatnach | Meconopsis cambrica | Poppy, Welsh | |
| Póirín sneachta * | Symphoricarpus albus | Snowberry | |
| Póiríní seangán | Sedum anglicum | Stonecrop, english | |
| Praiseach bhuí * | Sinapsis arvensis | Charlock | |
| Praiseach dhubh | Brassica nigra | Mustard, black | |
| Praiseach fhia | Thlaspi arvense | Penny-cress, field | |
| Praiseach fhiáin * | Chenopodium album | Fat Hen | |
| Práta * | Solanum tuberosum | Potato | |
| Puirpín uisce | Lythrum portula | Water-purslane | |
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| Rabhán | Armeria maritima | Thrift | |
| Ráib * | Brassica napus | Rape, wild | |
| Raideog | Myrica gale | Bog-myrtle | |
| Raithneach ríúil | Osmunda regalis | Fern, royal | |
| Réiltín meánach | Callitriche hamulata | Water-starwort, intermediate | |
| Réiltín uisce | Callitriche stagnalis | Water-starwort, common | |
| Rinn saighde | Sagittaria sagittifolia | Arrowhead | |
| Rísheisc | Sparganium erectum | Bur-reed, branched | |
| Rísheisc lom | Sparganium emersum | Bur-reed, unbranched | |
| Rós bog | Rosa mollis | Downy-rose, soft | |
| Rós léana | Rosa arvensis | Field-rose | |
| Rós rúscach * | Rosa arvensis | Rose, Japanese | |
| Rós Shioraird | Rosa sherardii | Downy-rose, Sherard's | |
| Rós stíleach | Rosa stylosa | Field-rose, short-styled | |
| Róslabhras * | Rhododendron ponticum | Rhododendron | |
| Rú beag | Galium sterneri | Bedstraw, limestone | |
| Rú corraigh | Galium palustre | Marsh-bedstraw | |
| Rú corraigh mór | Galium palustre ssp. elongatum | Marsh-bedstraw, great | |
| Rú crua | Galium boreale | Bedstraw, northern | |
| Rú fáil * | Galium mollugo | Bedstraw, hedge | |
| Rú léana beag | Thalictrum minus | Meadow-rue, lesser | |
| Ruithéal rí | Geranium robertianum | Herb Robert | |
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| Sabhaircín | Primula vulgaris | Primrose | |
| Sailchuach chon | Viola riviniana | Dog-violet | |
| Sailchuach chorraigh | Viola palustris | Violet, marsh | |
| Sailchuach chumhra | Viola odorata | Violet, sweet | |
| Sailchuach liath | Viola lactea | Dog-violet, pale | |
| Sailchuach luath | Viola reichenbachiana | Dog-violet, early | |
| Sailchuach mhóna | Viola canina | Dog-violet, heath | |
| Saileach reatha | Salix repens | Willow, creeping | |
| Saileachán caol | Epilobium obscurum | Willowherb, short-fruited | |
| Saileachán corraigh | Epilobium palustre | Willowherb, marsh | |
| Saileachán gasach * | Epilobium roseum | Willowherb, pale | |
| Saileachán leathan | Epilobium montanum | Willowherb, broad-leaved | |
| Saileachán liath | Epilobium parviflorum | Willowherb, hoary | |
| Saileachán mór | Epilobium hirsutum | Willowherb, greater | |
| Saileachán sráide * | Epilobium ciliatum | Willowherb, American | |
| Saileachán sraoilleach * | Epilobium brunnescens | Willowherb, New Zealand | |
| Samhadh bó | Rumex acetosa | Sorrel, common | |
| Samhadh caorach | Rumex acetosella | Sorrel, sheeps | |
| Sceach gheal | Crataegus monogyna | Hawthorn | |
| Sceallagach * | Sinapis alba | Mustard, white | |
| Scéithín uisce * | Nymphoides peltata | Water-lily, fringed | |
| Sciollam na móna | Narthecium ossifragum | Bog asphodel | |
| Scothóg leathan | Bidens tripartita | Bur-marigold, trifid | |
| Seamair bhán | Trifolium repens | Clover, white | |
| Seamair dhearg | Trifolium pratense | Clover, red | |
| Seamair dhuimhche | Trifolium campestre | Trefoil, hop | |
| Seamair éin | Trifolium ornithopodioides | Clover, birds-foot | |
| Seamair lochlannach * | Trifolium hybridum | Clover, alsike | |
| Seamair mhogallach | Trifolium fragiferum | Clover, strawberry | |
| Seamróg | Trifolium dubium | Trefoil, lesser | |
| Seamsóg | Oxalis acetosella | Wood-sorrel | |
| Seamsóg bhuí * | Oxalis corniculata | Yellow-sorrel, procumbent | |
| Seamsóg ghalla * | Oxalis stricta | Yellow-sorrel, upright | |
| Seamsóg ghlúineach * | Oxalis articulata | Pink-sorrel | |
| Searbh deargh * | Pilosella aurantiaca | Hawkweed, orange / Fox-and-cubs | |
| Searbh na muc | Pilosella officinarum | Hawkweed, mouse-ear | |
| Searbh-bhiolar casta | Cardamine flexuosa | Bittercress,wavy | |
| Searbh-bhiolar giobach | Cardamine hirsuta | Bittercress, hairy | |
| Slán iomaire * | Centranthus ruber | Valerian, red | |
| Slánlus | Plantago lanceolata | Plantain, ribwort | |
| Slánlus mara | Plantago maritima | Plantain, sea | |
| Slánú fiacal | Lathraea squamaria | Toothwort | |
| Slat óir | Solidago virgaurea | Goldenrod | |
| Smaileog bháite | Apium inundatum | Marshwort, lesser | |
| Sponc | Tussilago farfara | Coltsfoot | |
| Spuirse ghainimh | Euphorbia portlandica | Spurge, Portland | |
| Srubh lao * | Antirrhinum majus | Snapdragon | |
| Stóinse dearg * | Persicaria amplexicaulis | Bistort, red | |
| Sú craobh * | Rubus idaeus | Raspberry | |
| Sú na mban mín | Rubus saxatilis | Bramble, stone | |
| Sú talún bréige | Potentilla sterilis | Strawberry, barren | |
| Sú talún fhiáin | Fragaria vesca | Strawberry, wild | |
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| Tailís | Arabidopsis thaliana | Cress, thale | |
| Táthfhéithleann | Lonicera periclymenum | Honeysuckle | |
| Teanga bhó gharbh * | Picris echiodes | Ox-tongue, bristly | |
| Teanga chon | Cynoglossum officinale | Hounds-tongue | |
| Tím chreige | Thymus polytrichus | Thyme, wild | |
| Toircheas fiáin | Ranunculus sceleratus | Buttercup, celery-leaved | |
| Tomóg ghaelach * | Escallonia macrantha | Escallonia | |
| Tor an fhéileacáin * | Buddleja davidii | Butterfly-bush | |
| Tornapa fiáin * | Brassica rapa | Turnip, wild | |
| Trátá * | Lycopersicon esculentum | Tomato | |
| Treabhach * | Barbarea vulgaris | Winter-cress | |
| Treabhach earraigh * | Barbarea verna | Winter-cress, American | |
| Treabhach meánach * | Barbarea intermedia | Winter-cress, medium-flowered | |
| Trom | Sambucus nigra | Elder | |
| Tromán * | Sambucus ebulus | Elder, dwarf | |
| Tuile thalún | Ranunculus bulbosus | Buttercup, bulbous | |
| Tursarraing bheag | Stellaria graminea | Stitchwort, lesser | |
| Tursarraing mhóna | Stellaria uliginosa | Stitchwort, bog | |
| Tursarraing mhór | Stellaria holostea | Stitchwort, greater | |
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