Euphrasia nemorosa

(Persoon) Wallroth

Annus Bot., 81. 1815.

Common names: Common eyebright euphraise des bois
Introduced
Basionym: Euphrasia officinalis var. nemorosa Persoon Syn. Pl. 2: 149. 1806
Synonyms: E. canadensis F. Townsend
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 17. Treatment on page 497. Mentioned on page 492, 494, 499.

Stems simple or branched, to 25(–42) cm; branches 1–7 pairs, from middle or distal cauline nodes; cauline internode lengths 2–3 times subtending leaves. Leaves: blade oval to oblong or ovate, 2–10 mm, margins serrate, teeth 1–5(or 6) pairs, apices subacute, sometimes aristate. Inflorescences sparsely spicate, not 4-angled, beginning at node (7–)10–12; bracts green, sometimes purplish adaxially, broader than leaves, oblong to ovate, length not more than 2 times width, 5–8 mm, not glossy, margins ciliate, surfaces glabrous or hirsute and hairs eglandular, teeth 4–6 pairs, longer than wide, apices acute to long-aristate. Flowers: corolla white to lilac, 5–7.5(–8.5) mm, lips +/- equal. Capsules narrowly oblong, 4–5.5 mm, apex truncate to retuse. 2n = 44 (England).


Phenology: Flowering early summer–fall.
Habitat: Dry or moist, grassy, gravelly, or sandy places, pastures, roadsides, cliff ledges, wood margins, coastal or inland.
Elevation: 0–1300 m.

Distribution

Introduced; St. Pierre and Miquelon, Alta., B.C., N.B., N.S., Ont., P.E.I., Que., Alaska, Maine, Mich., Minn., N.H., Oreg., Vt., Wash., n, c Europe.

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
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Dry or moist, grassy, gravelly, or sandy places, pastures, roadsides, cliff ledges, wood margins, coastal or inland. +
Flowering early summer–fall. +
Annus Bot., +
Introduced +
E. canadensis +
Euphrasia nemorosa +
Euphrasia +
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