Bog Pimpernel

Description:

Irish Name: Falcaire corraigh This delicate little perennial plant grows in wet peaty ground such as bogs and damp marshes. Its pink flowers are bell shaped and rarely longer than 1 cm with five hairless lobes. They are borne on long, round stalks which emerge from leaf axils. The distinctive leaves are round to oval, in opposite pairs on long trailing stems. The plant forms mats by putting down roots at the nodes on its runners. Like Scarlet Pimpernel, it tends to open mostly in sunshine, however its flowers do not open widely due to their funnel shape. Bog Pimpernel flowers from June to August, and belongs to the family Primulaceae.

Habitat:

More easily found in the west of Ireland, on acid bog soils.