Irish wildflowers BSBI map

Western Eyebright, Euphrasia tetraquetra
Photographs: Sherkin Island, Co. Cork

Western Eyebright
Euphrasia tetraquetra
Glanrosc
Family: Scrophulariaceae

Flowering: July-September. Semi-parasitic annual. Native.

Smaller flowers than E. arctica, in dense, 4-sided inflorescences. The lower lip is usually white, the upper lip white or lilac. The fleshy leaves are blunt-toothed and variably glandular-hairy. Stout, erect stems with short erect or ascending branches. Height 5-15cm.

Found around Irish coasts in short grassland and dunes.

"The photographs are possibly E. arctica x tetraquetra as the flowers are larger and leaf bracts sharper-toothed than for pure E. tetraquetra". Alan Silverside BSBI

Western Eyebright, Euphrasia tetraquetra

Western Eyebright, Euphrasia tetraquetra
Western Eyebright, Euphrasia tetraquetra

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