Apr 022017
 


Wood Anemone flower open

This beautiful little flower is growing in a patch of woodland on the riverbank near us in Moyard. I have also seen it in the Ellis Woodland walk in the Connemara National Park in Letterfrack. When the flowers are closed they could easily be mistaken for  Wood Sorrel, but the leaves are quite different. In sunshine, the flowers can open fully, and sometimes form a beautiful carpet of little white stars.

Wood Anemone  Anemone nemorosa Connemara Irish wild flower