Photographs: Co. Clare and Co. Waterford

Wall Lettuce Mycelis muralis Leitís bhalla Family: Asteraceae Flowering time: June-September. Biennial/perennial. Introduced. Broad, delicate panicles of small pale-yellow flowers with 5 slender ray florets are followed by beaked, blackish seeds. The hairless leaves are pinnately-lobed, toothed and with a large +/- triangular end-lobe. Upper leaves are stalkless. The leaves and slender, branched stems are often tinged reddish. Height 25-100cm. Grows on waste ground, walls, hedgebanks and in rocky woodland. Scattered Irish distribution, most frequent in Co. Clare and Co. Galway

Wall Lettuce, Mycelis muralis, Leitís bhalla