Growing on waste ground among all sorts of other vegetation, this plant draws one's attention to itself with its startlingly blue flowers (5-7mm across). The corollas of these pretty flowers have five petals and a white centre and they are borne in clusters, blooming from April to September. Bugloss has lanceolate leaves which have wavy edges, the lower leaves being stalked, the upper clasping the stem. Like the rest of the plant, the leaves are covered in stiff bristles. This rough, hairy annual, reaches up to 50cm, and is found on disturbed and sandy soil. A native plant, it was formerly known as Anchusa arvensis and it belongs to the family Boraginaceae
I found this wildflower growing near Kilmore Quay, Co Wexford in 2009 and photographed it at that time.
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