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|accepted_name=Euphrasia
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=2: 604. 1753
|year=1753
}}
|common_names=Eyebright
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Orobanchaceae;Euphrasia
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Orobanchaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Euphrasia]]</div></div>
|etymology=Greek euphraino, to delight, alluding to supposed improvements in vision from the application of E. officinalis
|volume=Volume 17
|mention_page=page 7, 458, 499, 503
|treatment_page=page 492
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> annual [perennial];</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="whole_organism duration;whole_organism nutrition;whole_organism growth form">hemiparasitic.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="stem orientation;stem texture;stem pubescence"><b>Stems </b>erect, not fleshy, retrorsely hairy.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="leaf position;leaf arrangement"><b>Leaves </b>cauline, opposite;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="petiole presence;petiole quantity">petiole absent or nearly so;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="blade texture;blade texture;margin shape;margin architecture or shape;margin shape;margin shape;margin shape;margin shape">blade sometimes fleshy, not leathery, margins crenate, serrate, dentate, or incised.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="inflorescence position or structure subtype;inflorescence architecture or shape;spike density;flower architecture or arrangement or growth form"><b>Inflorescences </b>terminal, subcapitate to diffuse spikes, flowers solitary in each axil;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="bract presence;bract arrangement;bract arrangement">bracts present, subopposite or irregularly alternate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="pedicel presence;pedicel presence"><b>Pedicels </b>present or absent;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="bracteole presence">bracteoles absent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="sepal quantity;calyx architecture or shape;calyx shape;calyx shape;calyx size;lobe shape"><b>Flowers:</b> sepals 4, calyx bilaterally symmetric, not flattened laterally, tubular, not accrescent in fruit, lobes triangular;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="petal quantity;corolla coloration;corolla coloration;corolla coloration;corolla coloration;corolla coloration;corolla coloration;corolla coloration;corolla coloration;corolla coloration;corolla coloration;corolla architecture;vein coloration;abaxial lip coloration;abaxial lobe quantity;abaxial lobe architecture or shape;adaxial lobe quantity;adaxial lip shape">petals 5, corolla white or cream to purple, lilac, violet, brownish purple, or yellow with violet veins (often without violet veins in E. subarctica) and yellow spot in throat and on abaxial lip, adaxial lip sometimes lilac, purple, or yellow, contrasting with rest of corolla, bilabiate, funnelform, abaxial lobes 3, emarginate, adaxial 2, adaxial lip cucullate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="stamen quantity;stamen architecture;filament pubescence;anther mucro size">stamens 4, didynamous, filaments glabrous, anther mucros unequal;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="staminode presence">staminode 0;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="ovary architecture or structure in adjective form;ovary placentation">ovary 2-locular, placentation axile;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="stigma architecture or shape">stigma capitate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="capsule dehiscence;margin architecture or pubescence or shape;margin pubescence;margin pubescence"><b>Capsules:</b> dehiscence septicidal, opening in distal 1/2, margins ciliate, sometimes glabrous or short-ciliate (E. salisburgensis).</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s17" data-properties="seed quantity;seed coloration;seed shape"><b>Seeds </b>10–18, grayish, fusiform, wings absent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s18" data-properties="wing presence;x chromosome quantity">x = 11.</span><!--

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|distribution=North America;South America;Eurasia;Africa (Morocco);Atlantic Islands (Azores);Atlantic Islands (Iceland);Pacific Islands (Oceania);Australia
|discussion=<p>Species ca. 350 (18 in the flora).</p><!--
--><p>Euphrasia is distributed throughout temperate regions of the northern and southern hemispheres, with one transtropical connection across the high mountains of Oceania. All Euphrasia species in the flora area belong to sect. Euphrasia, the largest of 15 sections in the genus (G. Gussarova et al. 2008). The section is noted for its taxonomic complexity. Major factors explaining the complex patterns of variation in sect. Euphrasia include interspecific hybridization, recent radiations, parasitism, polyploidization, and breeding system transitions (T. Karlsson 1974, 1986; P. F. Yeo 1978; G. C. French et al. 2008; R. A. Ennos et al. 2012). All North American species are tetraploids except, probably, E. disjuncta, E. farlowii, E. oakesii, E. randii, and E. subarctica. Of 18 species in the flora, nine are considered endemic. To facilitate identification of the species, the aggregate species concept is sometimes used to show relationships among the so-called more conventional, discrete taxa (Gussarova 2005). Following that concept, four aggregate species are represented in the flora area and their associated species treated here are: E. borealis (F. Townsend) Wettstein agg. (species 3 and 4), E. nemorosa agg. (species 6–10), E. oakesii agg. (species 13–15), and E. minima Jacquin ex de Candolle agg. (species 16 and 17).</p><!--
--><p>The key makes no provision for hybrids, which often have intermediate features or a mixture of character states typical of their putative parental species. For a reliable identification, multiple representative plants should be collected and examined from a population to account for individual variation in key characters. The bracts referred to in the key are proximal floral leaves, which are most representative of the variation along the stem. The teeth of the bracts become progressively more acute up the stem as well as on any one leaf from apex to base. To characterize teeth shape, the key uses the most basal ones. Sessile glands are often present on the abaxial surface of bracts; they have no taxonomic value. Glandular (on short versus long stalks) and eglandular hairs are used in characterizing indumentum of different species.</p><!--
--><p>Two infraspecific levels are used in this treatment. This is consistent with the usage in other Euphrasia treatments (for example, P. F. Yeo 1978). Subspecific rank is used for geographic or ecological integrity; varietal rank is used to indicate transitions between the extreme forms without any geographic or ecological distinction.</p>
|tables=
|references={{Treatment/Reference
|id=fernald1915a
|text=Fernald, M. L. and K. M. Wiegand. 1915. The genus Euphrasia in North America. Rhodora 17: 181–201.
}}{{Treatment/Reference
|id=gussarova2008a
|text=Gussarova, G. et al. 2008. Molecular phylogeny and biogeography of the bipolar Euphrasia (Orobanchaceae): Recent radiations in an old genus. Molec. Phylogen. Evol. 48: 444–460.
}}{{Treatment/Reference
|id=sell1970a
|text=Sell, P. D. and P. F. Yeo. 1970. A revision of the North American species of Euphrasia L. (Scrophulariaceae). Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 63: 189–234.
}}
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==Key==
<div class="treatment-key-group">
  
{| class="wikitable fna-keytable"
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Bracts oblong to lanceolate, lengths 2.5+ times widths; capsule margins eciliate or short-ciliate.
|[[Euphrasia salisburgensis|Euphrasia salisburgensis]]
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Bracts ovate, obovate, deltate, suborbiculate, elliptic, oval, oblong-ovate, or oblong, lengths not more than 2 times widths; capsule margins conspicuously long-ciliate.
|[[#key-0-2| > 2]]
|-id=key-0-2
|2
|Bract surfaces hairy, hairs glandular (with stalks sometimes flexuous, 3–6-celled, 0.2–0.6 mm).
|[[#key-0-3| > 3]]
|-id=key-0-3
|3
|Stems simple, sometimes with 1 or 2 pairs of branches; corollas 3–4 mm, white to yellow; Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Northwest Territories, Saskatchewan, Yukon, Alaska, Montana.
|[[Euphrasia subarctica|Euphrasia subarctica]]
|-id=key-0-3
|3
|Stems simple or with 1–6 pairs of branches; corollas 4–5.5 mm, white; Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Quebec, Maine.
|[[Euphrasia disjuncta|Euphrasia disjuncta]]
|-id=key-0-2
|2
|Bract surfaces glabrous or hairy, hairs eglandular or glandular (with stalks 1- or 2-celled, 0.1–0.2 mm).
|[[#key-0-4| > 4]]
|-id=key-0-4
|4
|Bract surfaces hairy, hairs glandular.
|[[#key-0-5| > 5]]
|-id=key-0-5
|5
|Inflorescences beginning at nodes (5–)7–9(–11); corollas 8–10 mm; capsules narrowly oblong, apices truncate to retuse; usually pastures, scrub, marshy places.
|[[Euphrasia stricta|Euphrasia stricta]]
|-id=key-0-5
|5
|Inflorescences beginning at nodes 2–4; corollas 5–8(–10) mm; capsules oblong to elliptic or obovate, apices truncate, retuse, or emarginate; usually coastal.
|[[#key-0-6| > 6]]
|-id=key-0-6
|6
|Bract teeth much longer than wide, apices acute to acuminate; corollas 6–8(–13) mm.
|[[Euphrasia arctica|Euphrasia arctica]]
|-id=key-0-6
|6
|Bract teeth as long as or slightly longer than wide, apices subacute to acute, rarely aristate; corollas 5–8 mm.
|[[Euphrasia frigida|Euphrasia frigida]]
|-id=key-0-4
|4
|Bract surfaces glabrous or hairy, hairs eglandular.
|[[#key-0-7| > 7]]
|-id=key-0-7
|7
|Corollas yellow.
|[[#key-0-8| > 8]]
|-id=key-0-8
|8
|Corollas 3–4 mm; leaf blades oblanceolate to broadly ovate; bract surfaces sparsely hirsute.
|[[Euphrasia subarctica|Euphrasia subarctica]]
|-id=key-0-8
|8
|Corollas 4–5.5 mm; leaf blades ovate to orbiculate; bract surfaces densely hirsute.
|[[Euphrasia mollis|Euphrasia mollis]]
|-id=key-0-7
|7
|Corollas white, cream, lilac, violet, purple, or brownish purple.
|[[#key-0-9| > 9]]
|-id=key-0-9
|9
|Bracts elliptic to ovate, bases strongly cuneate, tooth apices acute, sometimes aristate.
|[[Euphrasia hudsoniana|Euphrasia hudsoniana]]
|-id=key-0-9
|9
|Bracts oval, ovate to obovate, suborbiculate, deltate, or oblong-ovate, bases round, truncate, or cuneate, tooth apices obtuse, acute, or subacute, rarely aristate.
|[[#key-0-10| > 10]]
|-id=key-0-10
|10
|Corollas 6–11(–13) mm.
|[[#key-0-11| > 11]]
|-id=key-0-11
|11
|Inflorescences beginning at nodes 3–5.
|[[Euphrasia arctica|Euphrasia arctica]]
|-id=key-0-11
|11
|Inflorescences beginning at nodes (5–)7–9(–11).
|[[Euphrasia stricta|Euphrasia stricta]]
|-id=key-0-10
|10
|Corollas 2.5–7.5(–8.5) mm.
|[[#key-0-12| > 12]]
|-id=key-0-12
|12
|Sinuses between teeth rounded, bract tooth apices obtuse or acute; corollas purple or lilac with darker lines.
|[[Euphrasia oakesii|Euphrasia oakesii]]
|-id=key-0-12
|12
|Sinuses between teeth acute, bract tooth apices obtuse, subacute, or acute, rarely aristate; corollas white, cream, lilac, violet, or brownish purple, rarely purple.
|[[#key-0-13| > 13]]
|-id=key-0-13
|13
|Inflorescences capitate, beginning at nodes 4 or 5; calyx lobes falcate, apices obtuse.
|[[Euphrasia oakesii|Euphrasia oakesii]]
|-id=key-0-13
|13
|Inflorescences sparsely or densely spicate, beginning at nodes 2–12; calyx lobes straight, apices acute.
|[[#key-0-14| > 14]]
|-id=key-0-14
|14
|Inflorescences densely spicate, sometimes 4-angled.
|[[Euphrasia tetraquetra|Euphrasia tetraquetra]]
|-id=key-0-14
|14
|Inflorescences sparsely spicate, not 4-angled.
|[[#key-0-15| > 15]]
|-id=key-0-15
|15
|Inflorescences beginning at nodes 2–5; stems with 0–2 pairs of branches; arctic regions, sometimes non-arctic regions.
|[[#key-0-16| > 16]]
|-id=key-0-16
|16
|Capsules 6–8 mm, elliptic to obovate, equal to or slightly longer than calyces, apices emarginate.
|[[Euphrasia wettsteinii|Euphrasia wettsteinii]]
|-id=key-0-16
|16
|Capsules 4–6 mm, oblong to narrowly elliptic, shorter than or equal to calyces, apices retuse.
|[[Euphrasia vinacea|Euphrasia vinacea]]
|-id=key-0-15
|15
|Inflorescences beginning at nodes 3–12; stems with 0–7 pairs of branches; non-arctic regions or, if arctic, inflorescences usually beginning at nodes 5+.
|[[#key-0-17| > 17]]
|-id=key-0-17
|17
|Bracts suborbiculate, broadly ovate, or oblong-ovate, surfaces +/- densely hirsute, teeth shorter than or as long as wide, apices obtuse or subacute to acute.
|[[#key-0-18| > 18]]
|-id=key-0-18
|18
|Stems to 12(–15) cm; bract teeth as long as wide.
|[[Euphrasia ostenfeldii|Euphrasia ostenfeldii]]
|-id=key-0-18
|18
|Stems to 27(–37) cm; bract teeth shorter than wide.
|[[Euphrasia suborbicularis|Euphrasia suborbicularis]]
|-id=key-0-17
|17
|Bracts ovate to obovate, oblong, or oval, surfaces glabrous or hirsute, teeth longer than or as long as wide, apices obtuse to acute, sometimes aristate.
|[[#key-0-19| > 19]]
|-id=key-0-19
|19
|Corollas 4.5–7.5(–8.5) mm.
|[[#key-0-20| > 20]]
|-id=key-0-20
|20
|Corollas 5–7.5(–8.5) mm; bracts not glossy, surfaces glabrous or hirsute, tooth apices acute, sometimes aristate.
|[[Euphrasia nemorosa|Euphrasia nemorosa]]
|-id=key-0-20
|20
|Corollas 4.5–6.5 mm; bracts glossy, surfaces glabrous, tooth apices acute.
|[[Euphrasia micrantha|Euphrasia micrantha]]
|-id=key-0-19
|19
|Corollas 3–5.5 mm.
|[[#key-0-21| > 21]]
|-id=key-0-21
|21
|Stems branched from middle and/or distal cauline nodes, branches erect; cauline internode lengths (1–)2–5 times subtending leaves; inflorescences: proximal internode lengths 0.8–3(–4) times bracts.
|[[#key-0-22| > 22]]
|-id=key-0-22
|22
|Stems simple, sometimes branched, branches 1 or 2 pairs; corollas 3–4 mm, white to yellow; Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Northwest Territories, Saskatchewan, Yukon, Alaska, Montana.
|[[Euphrasia subarctica|Euphrasia subarctica]]
|-id=key-0-22
|22
|Stems simple or branched, branches 1–6 pairs; corollas 4–5.5 mm, white; Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Quebec, Maine.
|[[Euphrasia disjuncta|Euphrasia disjuncta]]
|-id=key-0-21
|21
|Stems branched from basal, middle, and/or distal cauline nodes, branches ascending; cauline internode lengths 1–3(–5) times subtending leaves; inflorescences: proximal internode lengths 0.8–1.5 times bracts.
|[[#key-0-23| > 23]]
|-id=key-0-23
|23
|Cauline internode lengths 1–3(–5) times subtending leaves; bracts 2–7 mm, abaxial surfaces setulose on veins, adaxial puberulent.
|[[Euphrasia randii|Euphrasia randii]]
|-id=key-0-23
|23
|Cauline internode lengths 1–2 times subtending leaves; bracts 2–4 mm, surfaces coarsely, densely hirsute.
|[[Euphrasia farlowii|Euphrasia farlowii]]
|}
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name=Euphrasia
|author=Galina Gussarova
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Orobanchaceae
|illustrator=Barbara Alongi
|illustration copyright=Flora of North America Association
|distribution=North America;South America;Eurasia;Africa (Morocco);Atlantic Islands (Azores);Atlantic Islands (Iceland);Pacific Islands (Oceania);Australia
|reference=fernald1915a;gussarova2008a;sell1970a
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1753
|special status=
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|genus=Euphrasia
|abaxial lip coloration=lilac
|abaxial lobe architecture or shape=emarginate
|abaxial lobe quantity=3
|adaxial lip shape=cucullate
|adaxial lobe quantity=2
|anther mucro size=unequal
|blade texture=not leathery;fleshy
|bract arrangement=alternate;subopposite
|bract presence=absent
|bracteole presence=absent
|calyx architecture or shape=symmetric
|calyx shape=tubular;flattened
|calyx size=not accrescent
|capsule dehiscence=septicidal
|corolla architecture=bilabiate
|corolla coloration=yellow;purple;yellow;purple;yellow spot;cream;purple lilac violet brownish purple or yellow
|filament pubescence=glabrous
|flower architecture or arrangement or growth form=solitary
|inflorescence architecture or shape=subcapitate
|inflorescence position or structure subtype=terminal
|leaf arrangement=opposite
|leaf position=cauline
|lobe shape=triangular
|margin architecture or pubescence or shape=ciliate
|margin architecture or shape=serrate
|margin pubescence=short-ciliate;glabrous
|margin shape=incised;dentate;incised;dentate;crenate
|ovary architecture or structure in adjective form=2-locular
|ovary placentation=axile
|pedicel presence=absent;absent
|petal quantity=5
|petiole presence=absent
|petiole quantity=nearly
|seed coloration=grayish
|seed quantity=10;18
|seed shape=fusiform
|sepal quantity=4
|spike density=diffuse
|stamen architecture=didynamous
|stamen quantity=4
|staminode presence=absent
|stem orientation=erect
|stem pubescence=hairy
|stem texture=not fleshy
|stigma architecture or shape=capitate
|vein coloration=violet
|whole_organism duration=annual
|whole_organism growth form=herb
|whole_organism nutrition=hemiparasitic
|wing presence=absent
|x chromosome quantity=11
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