Description: A low-growing native perennial with a mat of linear leaves and small white flowers.

This is a montane species found on the basaltic escarpment and cliffs which are a feature of the coasts of Co Antrim and Co Londonderry, and along the eastern side of the River Roe valley. Elsewhere in Ireland on limestone in Co Clare and the Aran Islands.

All names: Minuartia verna (L.) Hiern; Minuartia gerardi (Willd.) Hayek; Arenaria verna L.; Arenaria gerardi Willd.; Alsine verna (L.) Wahlenb.

Distribution Map from NBN: Minuartia verna at National Biodiversity Network mapping facility, data for UK.

iNaturalist: Minuartia verna at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.