Photographs: Glenbeg, Co.Cork |
Blue-eyed-grass Small blue flowers with yellow centres, 2-4 in loose raceme. Open only in full sun. Leaf-like bracts below flowers, linear, iris-like basal leaves. Flattened stem. Curved, drooping fruiting stems. Hairless, erect, grows from rhizomes. To 60cm. Wet meadows, lake shores, marshy ground. W Ireland, Cork, Kerry, Galway, Donegal. A North American species, probably native in Ireland. A protected species in Northern Ireland. Similar: American Blue-eyed-grass |
Above: Blue-eyed-grass location. Glenbeg, County Cork. August 2008