Irish wildflowers

Red Bartsia, Odontites vernus, Hocas tae
Photographs: Co. Cork

Red Bartsia
Odontites vernus
Hocas tae
Family: Scrophulariaceae

Flowering time: June-August. Hemiparasitic annual. Native.

Reddish-pink flowers, two-lipped, in terminal leafy spike. Hairy seed capsule. Lanceolate leaves un-stalked, toothed, opposite. Branched, hard stems. Erect downy plant, very variable. Height: To 50 cm
Two sub-species are recognized, with some Irish plants intermediate between the two.

Abundant throughout Ireland on waste ground, roadsides and on stony arable land.

Red Bartsia, Odontites vernus, Hocas tae

Red Bartsia, Odontites vernus, Hocas tae
Red Bartsia, Odontites vernus, Hocas tae

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