page_title: Euphrasia
section_title: Selected species
hierarchical_section_title: Euphrasia / Taxonomy and identification / Selected species
caption_attribution_description: Euphrasia alpina Zermatt, beneath Gornergrat (Kanton Wallis, Switzerland), 2800 m Author: Roland Teuscher – own photograph Date: 2.08.06
context_page_description: Euphrasia, or eyebright, is a genus of about 450 species of herbaceous flowering plants in the family Orobanchaceae, with a cosmopolitan distribution. They are semi-parasitic on grasses and other plants. The common name refers to the plant's use in treating eye infections.
  Many species are found in alpine or sub-alpine meadows where snow is common. Flowers usually are borne terminally, are zygomorphic, and have a lower petal shaped like a lip. The most common flower colours are purple, blue-white, and violet. Some species have yellow markings on the lower petal to act as a guide to pollinating insects.
  Alternative names, mainly in herbalism, are Augentrostkraut, Euphrasiae herba, Herba Euphrasiae and Herbe d'Euphraise.
context_section_description: Euphrasia × aequalis
  Euphrasia alpina
  Euphrasia alsa F.Muell.
  Euphrasia anglica Pugsley
  Euphrasia arctica Lange ex Rostrup
  Euphrasia arctica subsp. arctica (E.borealis auct. non (F.Towns.) Wettsd.)
  Euphrasia arctica sybsp. borealis (F.Towns) Yeo
  Euphrasia arguta – believed extinct, rediscovered 2008
  Euphrasia azorica
  Euphrasia brevipila
  Euphrasia calida
  Euphrasia cambrica Pugsley
  Euphrasia campbelliae Pugsley
  Euphrasia collina R.Br. – purple eyebright
  Euphrasia collina ssp. muelleri – Mueller's eyebright
  Euphrasia collina ssp. osbornii – Osborn's eyebright
  Euphrasia confusa Pugsley
  Euphrasia coreana W.Becker – Korean eyebright
  Euphrasia cuneata North Island eyebright – a perennial herb or subshrub up to 60 cm tall with woody stems in  and white flowers. Found in open rocky places, streamsides and among scrub, from sea level to 1500 m, mainly in northern New Zealand
  Euphrasia crassiuscula Gand
  Euphrasia fabula
  Euphrasia fennica
  Euphrasia foulaensis F.Towns. ex Wettst
  Euphrasia fragosa – shy eyebright, Southport eyebright
  Euphrasia frigida Pugsley – cold-weather eyebright
  Euphrasia gibbsiae
  Euphrasia gibbsiae subsp. psilantherea
  Euphrasia glabrescens
  Euprasia grandiflora
  Euphrasia heslop-harrisonii Pugsley
  Euphrasia hirtella
  Euphrasia hudsoniana – Hudson's eyebright
  Euphrasia insignis Wettst
  Euphrasia kingii
  Euphrasia lasianthera – hairy eyebright
  Euphrasia marshallii Pugsley
  Euphrasia micrantha Rchb.
  Euphrasia minima
  Euphrasia nemorosa  (Pers.) Wallr. – common eyebright
   
  Euphrasia officinalis coll. – doctor's eyebright, or medical eyebright
  Euphrasia officinalis L – see Euphrasia rostkoviana
  Euphrasia oakesii – Oakes' eyebright
  Euphrasia ostenfeldii (Pugsley) Yeo
  Euphrasia parviflora
  Euphrasia pseudokerneri Pugsley – chalk eyebright
  Euphrasia randii – small eyebright
  Euphrasia rivularis Pugsley
  Euphrasia rostkoviana Hayne – red eyebright, "figwort"
  Euphrasia rostkoviana subsp. rostkoviana
  Euphrasia rostkoviana subsp. montana (Jord.) Wettst.
  Euphrasia rotundifolia Pugsley
  Euphrasia ruptura – extinct
  Euphrasia salisburgensis Funk.
  Euphrasia scabra R.Br. – rough eyebright
  Euphrasia scottica Wettst.
  Euphrasia semipicta – peninsula eyebright
  Euphrasia striata R.Br.
  Euphrasia stricta D.Wolff ex J.F.Lehm.
  Euphrasia subarctica – arctic eyebright
  Euphrasia suborbicularis – roundleaf eyebright
  Euphrasia tatrae
  Euphrasia tetraquetra (Bréb.) Arrond.
  Euphrasia vernalis
  Euphrasia × vestita
  Euphrasia vigursii Davey
  Euphrasia × villosa
  Euphrasia vinacea – glacier eyebright
  Euphrasia zelandica
  Euphrasia sp. 'Bivouac Bay' – Bivouac Bay eyebright
caption: Euphrasia alpina
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