Photographs: Sherkin Island, Co. Cork

Arctic Eyebright (subsp) Euphrasia arctica subsp. borealis Glanrosc Family: Scrophulariaceae Flowering time: June-August. Semi-parasitic annual. Native. Flowers with white-lilac upper and lower lips. Sharp-toothed bracts and leaves, the leaves with short glands. Upward-curving branches nearly equal to stem in length. The upper half of plant is more/less glandular-hairy. Robust and very variable. Identified by Alan Silverside, BSBI Widespread among grassland and on roadsides, growing in damper habitats than Euphrasia nemorosa.

Arctic Eyebright (subsp), Euphrasia arctica subsp. borealis