Common Eyebright agg. - Euphrasia officinalis agg.

Description

Eyebright has been divided into a large number of microspecies and their hybrids, which are not treated separately on this site. The flowers are usually white with a yellow throat borne in a spike. Leaves are opposite and toothed.

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Habitat

Grassy areas, short turf and sometimes on stony areas around quarries.

When to see it

Late June to September.

Life History

Semi parasitic annual herbs.

UK Status

Local but widespread over most of Britain.

VC55 Status

Occasional in Leicestershire and Rutland, mainly on quarry spoil and calcareous grassland; populations vary greatly in size from year to year.

  Common Eyebright (Euphrasia nemorosa) is on the current VC55 Rare Plant Register (Hall and Woodward 2022) because of its threat-level.  

 

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Species profile

Species group:
Wildflowers
Kingdom:
Plantae
Order:
Lamiales
Family:
Orobanchaceae
Records on NatureSpot:
57
First record:
24/06/2011 (Nicholls, David)
Last record:
24/08/2023 (McLoughlin, Margaret)

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