Photographs: the Burren, Co. Clare

Mountain Everlasting Antennaria dioica Catluibh Family: Asteraceae Flowering time: May-July. Perennial. Native. Clusters of 2-8 flowerheads, the male with white flower-bracts, female pink. Basal leaves are oval/spoon-shaped, hairless above and white-downy underneath, stem leaves narrow and pointed. Mat-forming growth with creeping woody stems and leafy runners. Flower stems 5-20cm Found on base rich or calcareous grassland, heaths and mountain ledges. Decreasing but can be locally abundant in parts of western, central and north-west Ireland.

Mountain Everlasting, Antennaria dioica, Catluibh