Inishbofin, Co.Galway. © Jonathan Micheal

Pipewort Eriocaulon aquaticum Píbín uisce Family: Eriocaulaceae Flowering July-August. Perennial. Native. Terminal head of numerous tiny whitish-grey flowers on erect, leafless, ridged stems. Flower stems vary in height depending on water depth, up to 150cm tall. The linear, transluscent leaves are finely pointed and grow in submerged basal rosettes. Grows in peat or inorganic substrates at lake edges and in bog-pools, either permanently submerged or on ground that is often exposed. Local distribution, mainly found in western Ireland.

Pipewort, Eriocaulon aquaticum, Píbín uisce