Euphrasia petriei Ashwin

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Orobanchaceae > Euphrasia

Characteristics

Tufted perennial herb sts arising from woody stock; stems woody at base, much-branched, prostrate or decumbent, rooting at nodes, branches erect, 2-8-(12) cm. tall, bifariously or occ. uniformly pubescent. Lvs sessile, crowded or occ. distant, 5-10-(15) × 3-6-(8) mm., obovate-cuneate to broadly obovate or suborbicular, unequally 3-lobed at tip with obtuse to subacute terminal lobe, or more evenly and acutely 3-5-(7)-toothed, surfaces glab., margins thickened, sts ciliate with glandular or non-glandular hairs. Fls few clustered at tips of branches on short hidden pedicels, or in more elongated raceme with obvious pedicels sts = lvs. Calyx 5-9 mm. long, us. Glandular-hairy and white-pubescent, sts almost glab., evenly or subevenly divided 1/4-⅓ way. Corolla white, 8-12-20 mm. long and diam.; tube > calyx; lobes of lower lip up to 8 mm. wide and emarginate or not > 4 mm. wide and entire. Anthers red-brown, margins hairy, awns us. slightly unequal. Capsule < or = calyx, 4-8 × 3·5-5 mm., ± oval, glab.; seeds ∞.
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Tufted, perennial herb sometimes arising from woody stock; stems woody at base, much-branched, prostrate or decumbent; branches erect, 2-8-(12) cm tall, bifariously or occasionally uniformly hairy. Lvs sessile, 5-10-(15) × 3-6-(8) mm, obovate-cuneate to broadly obovate or suborbicular, unequally 3-lobed at tip with obtuse to subacute terminal lobe, or more evenly and acutely 3-5-(7)-toothed, glabrous except sometimes on margins. Fls on short hidden pedicels, or sometimes with pedicels = lvs. Calyx 5-9 mm long, usually glandular and white-hairy, sometimes almost glabrous, divided 1/4-⅓ way. Corolla white, 8-20 mm long. Anthers red-brown; margins hairy; awns usually slightly unequal. Capsule < or = calyx, 4-8 × 3.5-5 mm.
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Distribution

Euphrasia petriei world distribution map, present in New Zealand

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:802761-1
WFO ID wfo-0001034520
COL ID 3CS2K
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Synonyms

Euphrasia petriei