Muckanagh Lough, the Burren, Co. Clare

Frogbit Hydrocharis morsus-ranae Greim an loscáin Family: Hydrocharitaceae Flowering July - August. Floating perennial. Native. The white flowers have three petals with a yellow spot at base of petals and are on long stalks that raise the flowers above water level. Solitary female flowers, male 2-3 in a two-bract spathe. Seed set is occasional so mainly reproduces vegetatively. The long-stalked, floating leaves are rounded-kidney shaped with papery basal stipules. A free-floating plant with long runners and buds that overwinter in the mud. Mainly found in central and eastern Ireland in shallow calcareous ponds, fens, ditches and slow-moving canals.

Frogbit, Hydrocharis morsus-ranae, Greim an loscáin