Photographs: Ballingeary, Co. Cork

Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrage Chrysosplenium oppositifolium Glóiris Family: Saxifragaceae Flowering time: Late February - May. Perennial. Native. Tiny yellow flowers surrounded by a rosette of green-yellow bracts. Flowers have no petals but 4 triangular sepals. Leaves grow in opposite pairs along creeping stems and are short-stalked, rounded and slightly hairy. A loosely tufted plant with erect flower stems that forms dense, flat mats. Height: To 15 cm. Frequent except in central Ireland in damp or wet woodland, by streams, springs and in mountain flushes.

Opposite-leaved golden-saxifrage, Chrysosplenium oppositifolium, Glóiris