Jun 052016
I came across this pretty little pale pink flower growing in a narrow, shady crevice in the rocks near the top of Tully Mountain.The delicate pink flowers grow on long, hairy stems. The leaves , which are close to the ground, are slightly succulent with serrated edges. I haven’t found it growing anywhere else in Connemara, but I have identified it as St Patrick’s Cabbage. It is one of a group of rare plants known as the Lusitanian Flora. They are found in the South and West of Ireland and the Iberian Peninsula, but are absent from Britain.