Photographs: Co. Wexford

Bugloss Lycopsis arvensis (Anchusa arvensis) Boglas Family: Boraginaceae Flowering time: April-September. Annual. Introduced Clusters of small bright-blue flowers with white centres, 5 petals and leaf-like bracts. The very bristly linear-lanceolate leaves are +/- toothed with wavy edges, the lower leaves stalked, the upper leaves half-clasping the stems. An erect, bristly plant. Height 15-40cm. Most frequent along the coast of eastern Ireland but decreasing. Usually coastal on dry sandy soils on heaths, arable and waste ground. Similar: Vipers-bugloss, Echium vulgare

Bugloss, Lycopsis arvensis (Anchusa arvensis), Boglas