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Dryas octopetala
White flowers with golden stamens, usually 8-petalled. Oblong, sticky-haired sepals. Leathery dark green leaves are oblong, lobed and white-woolly beneath. Low carpeting growth habit. Height: To 8cm.
Mountain ledges, crevasses, calcareous grassland, limestone pavements. Mainly found Co. Clare and Galway, also NW and NE Ireland.
The Burren
Spotted on May 8, 2008
Submitted on Dec 31, 2010
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