Photographs: Ballingeary, Co. Cork

Wall Pennywort / Navelwort Umbilicus rupestris Carnán caisil Family: Crassulaceae Flowering time: June-September. Biennial / perennial. Native. Tall spikes of numerous greenish-white, bell-shaped flowers above circular bright green, fleshy leaves with blunt round teeth on the margins. A hairless plant, height 15-40cm. Grows on acidic walls, rocks, banks and in woodland. Frequent and can be locally abundant in many parts of Ireland. Similar: Marsh Pennywort, Hydrocotyle vulgaris. A much smaller, creeping, rooting plant with tiny pinkish-green flowers. Bogs, fens.

Wall Pennywort / Navelwort, Umbilicus rupestris, Carnán caisil