Photographs: Blarney, Co.Cork

Hairy Tare Ervilia hirsuta (Vicia hirsuta) Peasair arbhair Family: Fabaceae Flowering time: May-August. Annual. Native. Very small whitish-lilac flowers in short racemes are followed by hairy seedpods that become black when ripe. . The leaves have 4-10 pairs of linear-oblong, blunt-ended leaflets and tendrils are present. A slender plant with sprawling or scrambling growth. Height/spread 20-40 cm. Grows on disturbed ground on neutral soils, among rough grassland and on sea-cliffs and shingle beaches. Mainly found S, E, NE Ireland.

Hairy Tare, Ervilia hirsuta (Vicia hirsuta), Peasair arbhair