Photographs: Co. Wexford

Heath Cudweed Omalotheca sylvatica (Gnaphalium sylvaticum) Gnamhlus móna Family: Asteraceae Flowering July - September. Short-lived perennial. Native. Leafy, erect, narrow spikes of pinkish-brown flowerheads, the florets with blunt involucral bracts. The basal rosette and lower leaves are stalked and all leaves are hairless above, undersides white-woolyand have a single vein. Short, leafy runners. Height 8-50cm. Very rare and decreasing with few remaining sites in Ireland on dry, acidic, sandy or gravelly tracks, forestry rides and heaths. Similar: Marsh Cudweed, Gnaphalium uliginosum.

Heath Cudweed, Omalotheca sylvatica (Gnaphalium sylvaticum), Gnamhlus móna