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Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Euphrasia cheesemanii Wettst.
Description
Slender, succulent, annual herb to 5–10 cm tall; branches lax, ascending, bifariously hairy, to c. 25 cm long. Lvs sessile, 4–10 × 3–8 mm, ovate to ovate-oblong with 2–4 pairs of obtuse to subacute crenations, subglabrous or finely white-hairy; margins and veins below with fine stiff hairs. Fls with slender pedicels to 30 mm long. Calyx 3–4 mm long, divided c. ⅓ way; lobe margins and midrib white-hairy. Corolla white, 8–12 mm long. Anthers golden yellow; margins hairy; awns unequal. Capsule = or > calyx, 3–4 × 3–3.5 mm.
[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]
Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
Phenology
Flowering: Dec.–Feb.
Bibliography
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R.; Barkla J.W.; Courtney, S.P.; Champion, P.D.; Perrie, L.R.; Beadel, S.N.; Ford, K.A.; Breitwieser, I.; Schönberger, I.; Hindmarsh-Walls, R.; Heenan, P.B.; Ladley, K. 2018: Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2017. New Zealand Threat Classification Series. No. 22. [Not Threatened]
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R.; Champion, P.D.; Courtney, S.P.; Heenan, P.B.; Barkla, J.W.; Cameron, E.K.; Norton, D.A.; Hitchmough, R.A. 2013: Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2012. New Zealand Threat Classification Series 3. Department of Conservation, Wellington. [Not Threatened]
