Irish wildflowers BSBI map

Arctic Eyebright, Euphrasia arctica, Glanrosc
Photographs: the Burren, Co. Clare

Arctic Eyebright
Euphrasia arctica
Glanrosc
Family: Scrophulariaceae

Flowering: June-August. Semi-parasitic annual. Native.

The lower lip is white/lilac, the upper lip lilac/purple and the seed capsule is equal in length to the calyx. Upper plant is erect, glandular-hairy and with 0-5 pairs of branches. Leaves are usually pale-green and blunt-toothed. Very variable with frequent hybridisation and distinctive variants.

Widespread in Ireland on grassland, meadows and roadsides.
Photographs: Large-flowered variant of E. arctica. Identified by Alan Silverside BSBI

Arctic Eyebright, Euphrasia arctica, Glanrosc

Arctic Eyebright, Euphrasia arctica, Glanrosc
Arctic Eyebright, Euphrasia arctica, Glanrosc

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