Euphrasia collina is a perennial herb or subshrub in the genus Euphrasia.[2] Plants grow to between 5 and 60 cm high and have leaves with 1 to 6 teeth per side. The flowers may be white, blue, pink or purple, sometimes blotched with yellow on the lower petal.[2]
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| Euphrasia collina subsp. collina in Bunyip State Park | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Orobanchaceae |
| Genus: | Euphrasia |
| Species: | E. collina
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| Euphrasia collina | |
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It occurs in South Australia, Victoria, Tasmania and New South Wales in a wide variety of habitats including woodland, heath and grasslands, from coastal to alpine areas.
Taxonomy edit
The species was first formerly described by botanist Robert Brown in Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae in 1810.[1] There are a number of subspecies currently recognised:[1]
- Euphrasia collina R.Br. subsp. collina
- Euphrasia collina subsp. diemenica (Spreng.) W.R.Barker
- Euphrasia collina subsp. diversicolor W.R.Barker
- Euphrasia collina subsp. glacialis (Wettst.) W.R.Barker
- Euphrasia collina subsp. gunnii (Du Rietz) W.R.Barker
- Euphrasia collina subsp. lapidosa W.R.Barker
- Euphrasia collina subsp. muelleri (Wettst.) W.R.Barker
- Euphrasia collina subsp. nandewarensis W.R.Barker
- Euphrasia collina subsp. osbornii W.R.Barker
- Euphrasia collina subsp. paludosa (R.Br.) W.R.Barker
- Euphrasia collina subsp. speciosa (R.Br.) W.R.Barker
- Euphrasia collina subsp. tetragona (R.Br.) W.R.Barker
- Euphrasia collina subsp. trichocalycina (Gand.) W.R.Barker
References edit
- ^ a b c "Euphrasia collina". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. Retrieved 1 September 2009.
- ^ a b "Euphrasia collina". PlantNET - New South Wales Flora Online. Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney Australia. Retrieved 1 September 2009.
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