Coast and Roadside

Harebell 1

English Name: Harebell Botanical Name (Latin): Campanula rotundifolia Irish Name: Méaracán gorm Order: DICOTYLEDONES Family: CAMPANULACEAE Brief Description: Delicate, perennial herb; lowest leaves heart-shaped or round, stem leaves linear; flowers sky-blue, bell-shaped, nodding.

Carsten Krieger

Harebell 1
Carsten Krieger

Harebell 1

English Name: Harebell Botanical Name (Latin): Campanula rotundifolia Irish Name: Méaracán gorm Order: DICOTYLEDONES Family: CAMPANULACEAE Brief Description: Delicate, perennial herb; lowest leaves heart-shaped or round, stem leaves linear; flowers sky-blue, bell-shaped, nodding.

Carsten Krieger

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Many maritime plants thrive in the limestone and dunes of the extensive coastal areas, and along the roadsides throughout the Burren.

 

Thrift, sea campion and salt-loving rock samphire grow among the coastal limestone while harebell and common scurvygrass populate the sand dunes.

 

Oxeye daisies and exotic fuchsia and montbretia brighten up the roadsides with a display of exuberant colour.