Photographs: Co. Cork

Redshank Persicaria maculosa Glúineach dhearg Family: Polygonaceae Flowering time: June-September. Annual. Native. Stout spikes of pink flowers, occasionally white. Sepals without glands (or sparse and very minute). Fruit is a black, shiny nut. Short-stalked leaves, oval-lanceolate, usually with black blotch. A branched hairless plant, the stems reddish-green, with erect or straggling growth to 50cm. Can be very common on damp arable land, waste ground and gardens. Similar: Pale Persicaria, Persicaria lapathifolia. Outside of flowers strongly dotted with yellowish glands

Redshank, Persicaria maculosa, Glúineach dhearg