Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Lamiales Bromhead
Family
Orobanchaceae
Genus
Euphrasia L.
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Euphrasia disperma Hook.f. (1879)
Synonymy:
  • ≡ Anagosperma dispermum (Hook.f.) Wettst. (1895)
  • = Euphrasia longiflora Kirk, Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 11: 440 (1878 [1879])
  • = Siphonidium longiflorum J.B.Armstr., Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 13: 341 (1880 [1881])
Vernacular Name(s):
Slender flowered eyebright
 Description

Succulent, prostrate, annual herb forming loosely matted patches, ± umbellately divided into usually 5 spreading, copiously branched stems to c. 20 cm long, or whole plant much smaller and more compact; stems and branches glabrous or ± pilose. Lvs sessile, to c. 6 × 2.5 mm, lanceolate to ovate, acuminate, entire or with a pair of narrow to filiform apiculate teeth, glabrous or ± pilose. Fls on short ± horizontal pedicels bent abruptly upwards. Calyx 4–7 mm long, glabrous or ± pilose, divided c. 1/2 way. Corolla white to cream, usually 1.5–6.5 cm long; tube ± filiform, usually much > 1 cm long. Anthers free, golden yellow; margins completely glabrous; awns small. Capsule < to slightly > calyx, c. 4 × 2 mm.

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

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
 Phenology

Flowering: Dec.–Mar.

 Bibliography
Armstrong, J.B. 1881: Descriptions of new and rare New Zealand plants. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 13: 335–343.
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. [Naturally Uncommon]
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. [Naturally Uncommon]
Kirk, T. 1879: Notes on Mr. Hamilton's Collection of Okarito Plants. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 11: 439–444.