Photographs: Rock Island, Co. Cork

Spotted Rock-rose Tuberaria guttata Grianrós breac Family: Cistaceae Flowering May - August. Annual. Native. Pale yellow flowers, the petals often with a red spot at the base, the style very short. Leaves are three-veined, hairy and elliptical, the basal leaves in a rosette, upper stem leaves with a narrow stipule. Germinates in autumn and spring. Height 6-20cm. Found in the south-west and west of Ireland in bare patches among dry, shallow soil overlying coastal rocks. Sometimes found on ground burnt the previous year. Similar: Hoary Rock-rose, Helianthemum oelandicum

Spotted Rock-rose, Tuberaria guttata, Grianrós breac