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