Photos: Co. Wexford |
Bugloss Small bright-blue flowers with leaf-like bracts. Occasionally whitish. Linear-lanceolate leaves, toothed, wavy-edged. Stalked lower leaves. Upper leaves half-clasping stems. Erect, bristly plant. Height: 15-40cm. Dry soils, usually coastal. Sandy heaths, arable land, waste ground. Most frequent E Ireland. Decreasing. Similar: Vipers-bugloss, Echium vulgare |
Immediately above: Bugloss, June 2010