Photographs: Co. Wexford

Annual Knawel Scleranthus annuus Cabhair Mhuire Family: Caryophyllaceae Flowering June - August. Annual or biennial. Native. Minute flowers without petals but with five greenish sepals edged with white. The flowers are terminal and in the leaf axils. Usually annual, an inconspicuous, low, spreading plant with pairs of linear-pointed leaves. Very rare and decreasing on dry gravel or sandy tracks, waste ground and arable land.

Annual Knawel, Scleranthus annuus, Cabhair Mhuire