Photographs: Co. Cork

Hairy Bittercress Cardamine hirsuta Searbh-bhiolar giobach Family: Brassicaceae Flowering all year. Annual. Native. Flowers are small and white with 4 petals and 4 stamens. Variable, a more or less hairy plant with straight or wavy stems and compound pinnate leaves. Height: 8-20 cm Common garden weed, widespread on dry bare ground and walls. Similar: Wavy Bittercress, Cardamine flexuosa. Biennial or perennial. Larger plant, the flowers with 6 stamens.

Hairy Bittercress, Cardamine hirsuta, Ialus Searbh-bhiolar giobach