Irish wildflowers sitemap
Photographs: Sherkin Island, Cork 
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Eyebright Flowers with white-lilac upper and lower lips. Upward-curving branches, nearly equal to stem. Sharp-toothed bracts and leaves, leaves with short glands. Upper half of plant more/less glandular-hairy. Robust plant. Very variable. Grassland, roadsides, often acidic. Damper habitats than E. nemorosa. Widespread, but most frequent W, N, central Ireland. Identification by Alan Silverside. 
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Photographs above: August 2007 Sherkin Island, Co.Cork.
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