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				Spring Gentian (Gentiana verna) The Spring Gentian grows on the three Aran Islands and on the mainland it ranges northwards from the Burren through County Clare. Between the middle of April and the middle of June each year, the Burren sparkles with the blue and white five-petalled flowers of gentians...
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	An excellent reference book to own is 'The Burren, a companion to the wildflowers of an Irish limestone wilderness' by E.Charles Nelson, illustrated by Wendy F. Walsh. Published by Boethius Press and The Conservancy of The Burren. ISBN 0 86314 213 3 (hbk) ISBN 0 863134 214 1 (pbk)