Photographs: The Burren, Co. Clare

Lesser Water-plantain Baldellia ranunculoides Corrchopóg bheag Family: Alismataceae Flowering June - August. Perennial. Native. Solitary terminal three-petalled, pale-pink or whitish flowers, the carpels forming a crowded, globular head. Long-stalked linear-lanceolate leaves smell of coriander when crushed. Submerged strap-like leaves and stolons often present. Erect growth, sometimes rooting at nodes, 5-20cm tall. Found at the edge of +/- calcareous or brackish water. Widespread but most frequent in central and western Ireland. Similar: Water-plantain, Alisma plantago-aquatica

Lesser Water-plantain, Baldellia ranunculoides, Corrchopóg bheag