Flora of Connemara and the Burren - National Botanic Garden of ...

22 M. J. P. Scannell & M. H. P. Jebb
Oenanthe crocata L.
2 Aillwee townland, a single plant in wet ground near a spring, 05/1991, P. Carter,
E.C.Nelson and P. Tattersfield.
Add district 2.
Aethusa cynapium L.
3 Tilled field at Kinvarra, M 370 103, 29/08/1984, TGFC & HNMcG.
Ligusticum scoticum L.
7 The Slyne Head sighting (L 51 41) is reported in the Atlas (1962), however, no
specimen is known, and Palin (1988) accepts the recommendation in the Flora, that
the record cannot be accepted without confirmation. This record may be in
confusion with the very glossy, bright green form of Angelica sylvestris which
occurs in the area.
Hedera helix L. subsp. hibernica (G.Kirchn.) D.C.McClint.
2, 2A, 3, 7 McAllister & Rutherford (1990) have mapped several sites for which
chromosome counts indicate the presence of the tetraploid (2n=96) ivy. No counts
of diploid ivy (subsp. helix) were made for the Flora region (ibid.). Herbarium
material is scant, and the only specimen at DBN for the region, which was collected
on walls at Gleninagh (2) in 1987, has the trichome character of subsp. helix.
Critical field observation has still to be undertaken in Ireland to reveal the true
distribution pattern of these two ivies.
Cornus sanguinea L.
2 In wood on scree slopes of Cinn Aille (Slieve Carron), CB, BSBI field trip 05/1995,
Irish Bot. News 6 (1996) 49.
*Viburnum lantana L.
4 One bush on roadside, Ardnasillagh, M 165 417, 1975, DL.
Not in the Flora list, but perhaps a deliberate planting.
*Leycesteria formosa Wallich
4 One bush S of the river, M 113 421, 1983, DL.
Add district 4.
Rubia peregrina L.
7 Rocky cliff overlooking the road to Little Killary, L 77 63, CR 05/1980, a confirmation
of Hart’s (1883) record at Salruck.
Reinstate district 7.
Galium boreale L.
7 On peaty river banks of Owentooey R., NW of Recess, 1992, CB (DBN).
8 Shore above L. Inagh, 1837, J. Ball (1839).
Add district 7.
Galium odoratum L. Scop.
8 Derryclare Wood, Fergusson & Westhoff (1987) 155.
Asperula cynanchica L.
5 ‘Sandy ground E of public car park by shore at Knock townland E of Inveran’, 1984,
CB.
Confirmation of Atlas record.
This species is now divided into 2 subspecies based on rhizome and leaf characters,
however, as stated in the Flora, the differences are not clear cut:
Subsp. occidentalis (Rouy) Stace has orange stolons and leaves to 10 mm long,
and >1 mm wide. This subspecies is confined to calcareous dunes. Subsp.
cynanchica has brown or absent stolons and longer, narrower leaves.