Also known as Herb Bennet, this is a slightly hairy perennial which carries its five-petalled yellow flowers (8-20mm across) on erect stems from May to September in our hedgerows and shady places. The petals spread out and in the spaces between them the green sepals are visible. The stem-leaves are 3-lobed whereas the basal leaves have 3-6 pairs of small leaflets and a large terminal one. Along the stem are leaf-like stipules. The fruit is bur-like with hooked little red spines which cling to animals and so aid dispersal. This wayside plant is native and belongs to the family Rosaceae
I first identified this little plant at Kilcoole in Co Wicklow in 1978 and photographed it at Pollardstown Fen, Co Kildare in 2006
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