Friday 30 November 2018

Euphrasia update

I have at least two species of Eyebright (Euphrasia spp) on site and the more interesting one has long glandular hairs which means in practical terms it is either E. rostkoviana, E. montana or E. anglica (newer names used) Previous study by me in 2014 ruled out E. anglica and it looked like it was E. montana. That would have been the first record for the area. However now that there are enough plants to send six examples to the Eyebright referee it turns out it is E. rostkoviana. One thing I had not counted correctly was the lowest flowering node. So it is Rostkov's Eyebright - not quite as uncommon as E. montana but still an exciting find.

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