Photographs: Bantry, Co. Cork

Ramsons / Wild Garlic Allium ursinum Creamh Family: Lilaceae Flowering time: March-May. Perennial bulb. Native. Star-like white flowers in flat-topped umbels on slender stalks. The stalked basal leaves are oblong-oval and pointed and have a strong smell of garlic when crushed. Bulbs are very small. Height to 35cm. Frequent in damp, shady ground in woodland, hedgerows and by rivers Similar: Three-cornered Leek / Three-cornered Garlic, A. triquetrium has narrow leaves and drooping flower heads

Ramsons / Wild Garlic, Allium ursinum, Creamh