Photographs: Bantry, Co. Cork

Parsley-piert Aphanes arvensis Mionán Mhuire Family: Rosaceae Flowering time: April-October. Annual. Native. The minute yellow-green flowers with sepals but no petals are clustered in leaf-axils. Seeds are usually winter-germinating. Fan-shaped, short-stalked leaves with 3 deep-toothed lobes. Stems erect or decumbent. Frequent on dry cultivated or bare ground, paths, and in grassland. Similar: Slender Parsley-piert, A. australis Smaller. Acidic gravelly or sandy soils, less frequent on arable ground than A. arvensis.

Parsley-piert, Aphanes arvensis, Mionán mhuire