A guide to some of the wildflowers commonly found with Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council.
Wildflower
Guide
Explore some of the wildflowers commonly found within Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown.
Can you find them all?
Created by Niamh Moran, Assistant Environmental Awareness Officer
Table of Contents
Daisy
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Dandelion
Bluebell
Buttercup Primrose Fox Glove
Gorse
Hawthorn Groundsel
Elder
Common Poppy
Making your garden bee friendly
Definitions
Find out more
Environmental Awareness, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council, County Hall, Marine Road, Dún Laoghaire, Co. Dublin, Ireland.
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Daisy Noínín
Colour: White
with specs of
yellow underneath
Leaves: Spoon
shaped with a
leathery texture,
bluntly toothed
Habitat: Short
grasslands
Blooming Time:
Found all year
round
Poisonous: No
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Dandelion Caisearbhán
Colour: Yellow
Leaves: Long with
a deep tooth
Habitat:
Grasslands,
pathways, sandy
ground, cultivated
grounds
Blooming Time:
March-October
Poisonous: No
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Blue Bell Coinnle corra
Colour: Blue,
occasionally can be
white. Flowers droop
on one side of the
stalk
Leaves: Glossy,
fleshy and linear
Habitat:
Grasslands,
deciduous
woodlands and
hedge banks
Blooming Time:
April-May
Poisonous: No
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Buttercup Fearbán reatha
Colour: Golden
yellow with 5
petals.
Leaves: Long
stems with basal
leaves containing 3
segments
Habitat:
Grasslands
Blooming Time:
May-August
Poisonous: No
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Primrose Sabhaircín
Colour: Pale yellow
(common) , can also
occur as white or pink
with a yellow centre.
Leaves: Hairy stalks
with basal leaves that
are wrinkled and have
a hairy underside.
Habitat: Woodlands,
meadows, roadsides
and hedgebanks.
Blooming Time:
December-May
Poisonous: No
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Fox Glove Lus Mór
Colour: Pink/purple
bell shaped flowers
with dotted throats.
Flowers can be white
sometimes
Leaves: Basal leaves
with a soft underside.
Tall stalks reaching
heights of 60-180cm.
Habitat: Woodlands,
common in gardens,
roadsides, heaths
Blooming Time: May-
August
Poisonous: Yes, do not
touch a fox glove if you
find one.
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Gorse Ateann gallda
Colour: Bright
yellow, coconut
scented
Leaves: Very spiny
stems
Habitat: Grasslands
and heaths
Blooming Time:
Found all year round
Poisonous: No
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Hawthorn Sceach gheal
Colour: White 5
petaled flowers,
can sometimes be
blushed pink
Leaves:
Deciduous shrub
or tree
Habitat:
Woodlands,
roadsides, fields
and hedgerows
Blooming Time:
April-May
Poisonous: No
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Groundsel Grúnlas
Colour: Yellow
flowers. When the
plant is young it will
be flowerless
Leaves: Leaves are
narrow, lobe
toothed, irregularly
pinnate and jagged.
Generally has a
weak stem that
grows as the fruit
ripens.
Habitat: Found in
open disturbed
ground
Blooming Time:
January-December
Poisonous: No
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Elder Trom
Colour: Creamy white flowers with purple berries. Leaves: Elder contains 5-9 leaves that are toothed. They are part of a deciduous tree or shrub. Habitat: Found in woodlands, hedgerows and scrubs Blooming Time: June- September
Poisonous: No
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Common Poppy
Cailleach
dhearg
Colour: Bright
scarlet with
overlapping petals
Leaves: pinnate
leaves and coarse
toothed. Tall stems
with hairs
Habitat: Roadsides,
gravel pits and
arable land.
Blooming Time:
June-September
Poisonous: No
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Keeping your garden bee friendly
Hanging Baskets and Window Boxes If you don’t have a
garden to plant pollinators, add
some window boxes or hanging baskets with pollinator friendly flowers to your windows.
Slow to Mow Reducing the amount you mow your lawn is the most cost effective way to help
reduce a decline in pollinator species.
Plant some Pollinator Friendly Herbs Plant a herb patch in you garden. The following herbs are pollinator friendly and make a great addition to your kitchen for cooking!
Why not leave a patch of grass in your garden that you no longer cut? Bumble bees love a patch or area of long grass to use as a shelter during nesting periods. These patches will also create a short meadow that soon will be blooming with wild flowers and species that pollinators love.
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Rosemary
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Chives Fennel
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Mint
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Oregano
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Sage
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Thyme
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Mint
Definitions
Wildflowers: A wildflower means a flower that grows naturally in the wild and has not been planted intentionally
Habitat: is the place where a plant or animal naturally or normally lives and grows.
Toothed : A toothed leaf refers to a leaf that has an irregularly notched margin
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Definitions
Pinnate : A plant having leaflets arranged in a feather like shape, with leaflets found on either side of the stem in pairs opposite each other.
Basal: Basal leaves are leaves that grow from the lowest part of the stem
Grasslands: These are areas that are dominated by grasses as the main form of vegetation.
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Definitions
Hedgerows : A hedgerow can be defined as a line of closely spaced woody shrubs to form a continuous barrier.
Heath: This is a shrubland habitat. It is often characterised with infertile acidic soils and contains low growing woody vegetation.
Deciduous: This is a tree or shrub that sheds its leaves annually.
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Find out more
National Pollinator Plan Find out more information on how to keep your garden pollinator friendly by accessing the National Pollinator Plan. This plan can be found here and is supported by Dún Laoghaire - Rathdown County Council
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown Biodiversity Learn about biodiversity within dlr by visiting our Biodiversity page. This can be found here: https://www.dlrcoco.ie/en/heritage/bi odiversity
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown Environmental Awareness
Learn about dlr waste prevention and school
awareness programmes here: https://www.dlrcoco.ie/en/environment /environmental-awareness-education
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