Erophila verna

Scientific name: Erophila verna (L.) DC.
Common name: Common Whitlowgrass

Description
Habit: Annual, to 15 cm high.
Stems: Erect, one or many undivided stems.
Leaves: Leaves arranged in a basal rosette, with petioles; leaf and petiole covered with star-shaped hairs.
Flowers: White, actinomorphic, 1-1.5 cm across, in a large panicle; sepals 4, free; petals 4, free, divided into two for more than half of their length; ovary superior.
Fruits: A silique, at least 0.5 mm long, flattened, oval.

Habitat: Limestone pavement, walls and sand-dunes.
Distribution: Frequent in most of the Burren, rare elsewhere.

Native status: Native
Of conservation interest: No

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