Euphrasia collina

Euphrasia collina

Euphrasia collina subsp. collina in Bunyip State Park
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Orobanchaceae
Genus:	Euphrasia
Species:	E. collina
Binomial name
*Euphrasia collina* R.Br.^[1]
Synonyms
Euphrasia alpina var. angustifolia Benth. Euphrasia brownii var. collina (R.Br.) Maiden & Betche Euphrasia tasmanica Gand.

Euphrasia collina is a perennial herb or subshrub in the genus Euphrasia.^[2] Plants grow to between 5 and 60 cm high and have leaves with 1 to 6 teeth per side.The flowers may be white, blue, pink or purple, sometimes blotched with yellow on the lower petal.^[2]

It occurs in South Australia, Victoria, Tasmania and New South Wales in a wide variety of habitats including woodland, heath and grasslands, from coastal to alpine areas.

Taxonomy

The species was first formerly described by botanist Robert Brown in Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae in 1810.^[1] There are a number of subspecies currently recognised:^[1]

E. collina R.Br. subsp. collina
E. collina subsp. diemenica (Spreng.) W.R.Barker
E. collina subsp. diversicolor W.R.Barker
E. collina subsp. glacialis (Wettst.) W.R.Barker
E. collina subsp. gunnii (Du Rietz) W.R.Barker
E. collina subsp. lapidosa W.R.Barker
E. collina subsp. muelleri (Wettst.) W.R.Barker
E. collina subsp. nandewarensis W.R.Barker
E. collina subsp. osbornii W.R.Barker
E. collina subsp. paludosa (R.Br.) W.R.Barker
E. collina subsp. speciosa (R.Br.) W.R.Barker
E. collina subsp. tetragona (R.Br.) W.R.Barker
E. collina subsp. trichocalycina (Gand.) W.R.Barker

References

1 2 3 "Euphrasia collina". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. Retrieved 2009-09-01.
1 2 "Euphrasia collina". PlantNET - New South Wales Flora Online. Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney Australia. Retrieved 2009-09-01.

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