‘Maura’

Heliotrope (H12) flowers, VII–IX, profuse, semi-double; mid-grey-green foliage; most hairs without glandular tips; erect habit; height 21–25cm; spread 31–45cm.

Wild-collected; a clone derived from the small population of E. mackaiana that grows near Carna, County Galway, Ireland, collected by Miss M. J. P. Scannell in 1970; introduced by Lawsons & Sons (Edinburgh, Scotland) in 1975.

Named by D. McClintock after Miss Maura Scannell, who collected it; former Head of The Herbarium, National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, Dublin.