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Eyebright Spikes of white flowers with yellow blotch and purple/black streaks. Leaves often bronze-tinged. A semi-parasitic plant. Height: 10-20 cm Habitat: Fields, roadsides, heaths. Dislikes limed or fertilised ground. Locally frequent. Native. Identification difficult, 20 micro-species, and much hyridisation. Similar: Irish Eyebright (E.salisburgensis). Brown/purple tinged stem, leaves. W Ireland on limestone rocks and dunes. 
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