Irish Wildflowers Irish Wild Plants Irish Wild Flora Wildflowers of Ireland

Plants by Colour

Clicking on the colour grouping will lead to a display of thumbnails of all the wildflowers of that particular colour on this website.  Then just click on the plant’s thumbnail to get to the relevant page of information and photographs.


The plants are grouped as follows:

Blue and Purple Flowers

Pink Flowers

Red and Orange Flowers

Yellow Flowers

Green and Brown Flowers

White Flowers

Ferns

Green and Brown Flowering Plants

Arrowgrass, Sea
Triglochin maritima
Barr an mhilltigh mara

Buckthorn
Rhamnus cathartica
Paide bréan

Bulrush
Typha latifolia
Coigeal na mban sí

Bur-reed, Branched
Sparganium erectum
Rísheisc

Burnet, Salad
Sanguisorba minor
Lus an uille

Dock, Water
Rumex hydrolapathum
Copóg uisce

Fat-hen
Chenopodium album
Praiseach fhiáin

Fringe Cups
Tellima grandiflora
Cuacha bána

Giant-rhubarb
Gunnera tinctoria
Gunnaire

Giant-rhubarb, Brazilian
Gunnera manicata
Gunnaire na mbláth mór

Golden-leaved, Opposite-leaved
Chrysosplenium oppositifolium
Glóiris

Helleborine, Broad-leaved
Epipactis helleborine
Ealabairín

Helleborine, Green-flowered
Epipactis phyllanthes
Cuaichín glas

Ivy, Atlantic
Hedera hibernica
Eidhneán

Lady's-mantle
Alchemilla vulgaris
Dearna Mhuire