Burren Perfumery
Guide to Wild Flowers of the Burren
These are photographs of flowers that can be found growing wild in the Burren. Click on any image to view a larger version.
I am indebted to Dr. Charles Nelson and his excellent guide book Wild Plants of the Burren and the Aran Islands which has been invaluable in helping me to identify these plants and which I can high recommend to anyone interested in learning more about the Burren's unique flora. It is also the source of the Irish plant names that are to be seen on the main pages.
.jpg "Bee Orchid")
Bee Orchid.jpg "Bird's Foot Trefoil")
Bird's Foot Trefoil.jpg "Bird's Nest Orchid")
Bird's Nest Orchid.jpg "Biting Stonecrop")
Biting Stonecrop.jpg "Bitter Vetch")
Bitter Vetch.jpg "Blackthorn")
Blackthorn.jpg "Bloody Crane's-Bill")
Bloody Crane's-Bill.jpg "Blue Grass")
Blue Grass.jpg "Bogbean")
Bogbean.jpg "Bracken")
Bracken.jpg "Burnet Rose")
Burnet Rose.jpg "Carline Thistle")
Carline Thistle.jpg "Cat's Foot")
Cat's Foot.jpg "Common Blackberry")
Common Blackberry.jpg "Common Butterwort")
Common Butterwort.jpg "Common Dog-Violet")
Common Dog-Violet.jpg "Common Hawthorn")
Common Hawthorn.jpg "Common Milkwort")
Common Milkwort.jpg "Common Spotted-Orchid")
Common Spotted-Orchid.jpg "Common Toothwort")
Common Toothwort.jpg "Cowslip")
Cowslip.jpg "Cuckoo Flower")
Cuckoo Flower .jpg "Dense-flowered Orchid")
Dense-flowered Orchid.jpg "Devil's Bit Scabious")
Devil's Bit Scabious.jpg "Early-purple Orchid")
Early-purple Orchid.jpg "False Oxlip")
False Oxlip.jpg "Fly Orchid")
Fly Orchid.jpg "Fragrant Orchid")
Fragrant Orchid.jpg "Germander Speedwell")
Germander Speedwell.jpg "Goldenrod")
Goldenrod.jpg "Grass of Parnassus")
Grass of Parnassus.jpg "Greater Stitchwort")
Greater Stitchwort.jpg "Harebell")
Harebell.jpg "Hart's-Tongue Fern")
Hart's-Tongue Fern.jpg "Heath Spotted-Orchid")
Heath Spotted-Orchid.jpg "Hedge Woundwort")
Hedge Woundwort.jpg "Helleborine")
Helleborine.jpg "Herb Robert")
Herb Robert.jpg "Honeysuckle")
Honeysuckle.jpg "Irish Eyebright")
Irish Eyebright.jpg "Ivy")
Ivy.jpg "Lady's Mantles")
Lady's Mantles.jpg "Lesser Butterfly Orchid")
Lesser Butterfly Orchid.jpg "Lesser Celandine")
Lesser Celandine.jpg "Maidenhair Spleenwort")
Maidenhair Spleenwort.jpg "Marsh Marigold")
Marsh Marigold.jpg "Montbretia")
Montbretia.jpg "Mountain Avens")
Mountain Avens.jpg "Northern Bedstraw")
Northern Bedstraw.jpg "O'Kelly Spotted-Orchid")
O'Kelly Spotted-Orchid.jpg "Oxeye Daisy")
Oxeye Daisy.jpg "Polypody Fern")
Polypody Fern.jpg "Primrose")
Primrose.jpg "Purple Loosestrife")
Purple Loosestrife.jpg "Pyramidal Orchid")
Pyramidal Orchid.jpg "Quaking Grass")
Quaking Grass.jpg "Ragged Robin")
Ragged Robin.jpg "Ragwort")
Ragwort.jpg "Rue-leaved Saxifrage")
Rue-leaved Saxifrage.jpg "Rusty-back Fern")
Rusty-back Fern.jpg "Sea Campion")
Sea Campion.jpg "Spring Gentian")
Spring Gentian.jpg "Squinancy Wort")
Squinancy Wort.jpg "Stone Bramble")
Stone Bramble.jpg "Thyme Broomrape")
Thyme Broomrape.jpg "Tutsan")
Tutsan.jpg "Twayblade")
Twayblade.jpg "Water Avens")
Water Avens.jpg "Wild Garlic")
Wild Garlic.jpg "Wild Iris")
Wild Iris.jpg "Wild Strawberry")
Wild Strawberry.jpg "Wood Anemone")
Wood Anemone.jpg "Wood Sorrel")
Wood Sorrel.jpg "Yarrow")
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