Euphrasia mollis

(Ledebour) Wettstein

Monogr. Euphrasia, 141. 1896.

Common names: Subalpine eyebright
Basionym: Euphrasia officinalis var. mollis Ledebour Fl. Ross. 3: 263. 1849
Synonyms: E. arctica var. mollis (Ledebour) S. L. Welsh
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 17. Treatment on page 499. Mentioned on page 493, 495.

Stems simple, rarely branched, to 16 cm; branches 1 or 2 pairs, from basal cauline nodes; cauline internode lengths (1–) 2–6 times subtending leaves. Leaves: blade ovate to orbiculate, 2–6 mm, margins incised-crenate, teeth 1–4 (or 5) pairs, apices obtuse to subacute. Inflorescences beginning at node 2–5, proximal internode lengths 0.5–1.5 (–2.5) times bracts; bracts green, sometimes purplish adaxially, broader than leaves, ovate to obovate, length not more than 2 times width, 4–6 (–8) mm, surfaces densely hirsute and hairs eglandular, teeth 4 or 5 (or 6) pairs, as long as wide, apices acute. Flowers: corolla yellow, adaxial lip sometimes lilac, 4–5.5 mm, abaxial lip slightly exceeding adaxial. Capsules oblong to elliptic, 4–5 (–6) mm, apex slightly retuse.


Phenology: Flowering summer.
Habitat: e Asia (Japan, Russian Far East [Commander, Kamchatka, and Kuril islands])..
Elevation: 0–500 m.

Distribution

Alaska, e Asia (Japan), e Asia (Russian Far East [Commander), e Asia (Kamchatka), e Asia (and Kuril islands])

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

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0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.55 cm5.5 mm <br />0.0055 m <br />) +
retuse +, acute +, obtuse +  and subacute +
Galina Gussarova +
(Ledebour) Wettstein +
Euphrasia officinalis var. mollis +
ovate;orbiculate +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
not leathery +  and fleshy +
alternate +  and subopposite +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
purplish;green +
ovate +  and obovate +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
2 +  and 1 +
tubular +  and flattened +
not accrescent +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
oblong;elliptic +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
(1-)2-6 times subtending leaves +
Subalpine eyebright +
subrotate +, cylindric +, club--shaped +, salverform +, campanulate +  and tubular +
Alaska +, e Asia (Japan) +, e Asia (Russian Far East [Commander) +, e Asia (Kamchatka) +  and e Asia (and Kuril islands]) +
0–500 m. +
2 +  and 1 +
indehiscent +, septicidal +, loculicidal +  and dehiscence +
e Asia (Japan, Russian Far East [Commander, Kamchatka, and Kuril islands]).. +
axillary +  and terminal +
deciduous +
triangular +
short-ciliate +  and glabrous +
incised-crenate +
tenuinucellate +  and unitegmic +
campylotropous-like +
Flowering summer. +
0.5-1.5(-2.5) times bracts +
Monogr. Euphrasia, +
10 +  and 18 +
fusiform +
subequal +
branched +  and simple +
aerial +  and subterranean +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (16 cm160 mm <br />0.16 m <br />) +
not fleshy +
E. arctica var. mollis +
Euphrasia mollis +
Euphrasia +
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