Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Lamiales Bromhead
Family
Orobanchaceae
Genus
Euphrasia L.
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Euphrasia cockayneana Petrie, Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 26: 269 (1893 [1894])
 Description

Slender, erect, ± succulent annual herb 5–10 cm tall, sparingly branched from base; branches pilose with lax transparent hairs and usually dense long jointed glandular hairs. Lvs sessile, 4–12 × 3–10 mm, broadly ovate, cuneate-obovate to suborbicular with 2–4 pairs of subacute to acute teeth, usually densely glandular-pilose and with smaller eglandular hairs. Fls sessile or on pedicels to 4 mm long. Calyx 5–8 mm long, with hairs as on lvs, divided ?-1/2 way. Corolla bright yellow, 10–12 mm long. Anthers golden yellow; margins hairy; awns usually very unequal. Capsule > calyx, 5–8 × 4–5 mm.

[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
 Phenology

Flowering: Jan.–Mar.

 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]
Petrie, D. 1894 ("1893"): Descriptions of New Native Plants, & c. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 26: 266–274.