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Euphrasia cuneata G.Forst.

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Euphrasia cuneata G.Forst., Fl. Ins. Austr. 43 (1786)
Euphrasia cuneata G.Forst.

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New Zealand
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G.Forst.
G.Forst.
1786
43
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Euphrasia cuneata G.Forst.
species
Euphrasia cuneata

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cuneata

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Euphrasia cuneata G.Forst.

Perennial herb or subshrub up to c. 60 cm. tall; stems woody in lower parts, erect or ascending, branches us. lfy with small axillary branchlets, ± uniformly or sts bifariously pubescent with short crisped white hairs. Lvs us. rather distant, lamina 5-15-(25) × 3-10 mm., rhomboid-cuneate to ovate to suborbicular with 1-3 pairs of obtuse to subacute teeth and acute to obtuse triangular terminal lobe, cuneately narrowed into petiole 1-4 mm. long, glab., margins us. flat, sts somewhat thickened and revolute. Infl. much-branched with small simple bracts or reduced to a simple raceme with fls in axils of little-differentiated lvs; pedicels 1-3-(6) mm. long, < lvs. Calyx 4-8 mm. long, glab. or nearly so, unevenly divided with deepest clefts up to 1/2 length; lobes acute to obtuse, midribs thickened. Corolla white, 15-20 mm. long; tube much > calyx; lower lip distinctly > upper, lobes deeply emarginate, up to 8 mm. wide; lobes of upper lip entire, obtuse, 3-4 mm. wide. Anthers red-brown, conspicuously hairy, awns us. markedly unequal, lower 2 very long. Capsule distinctly > calyx when mature, 6-8-(10) × 2-3 mm., narrow-oblong, narrowed towards base and apex, densely setose at tip, at least at first; seeds ∞, c. 2 mm. long.

Euphrasia cuneata G.Forst.

Perennial herb or subshrub up to 60 cm tall; stems woody below, erect or ascending; branches usually leafy with small axillary branchlets, ± uniformly or sometimes bifariously hairy with short crisped white hairs. Lvs with petiole 1-4 mm long. Lamina 5-15-(25) × 3-10 mm, ± rhomboid to ovate or suborbicular with 1-3 pairs of obtuse to subacute teeth and acute to obtuse triangular terminal lobe, glabrous. Fls on pedicels 1-3-(6) mm long. Calyx 4-8 mm long, glabrous or nearly so, divided with deepest clefts to 1/2 way. Corolla white, 15-20 mm long. Anthers red-brown, conspicuously hairy; awns usually markedly unequal, the lower 2 very long. Capsule distinctly > calyx, 6-8-(10) × 2-3 mm.

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Euphrasia cuneata G.Forst.
Euphrasia cuneata G.Forst.
Euphrasia cuneata G.Forst.
Euphrasia cuneata G.Forst.
Euphrasia cuneata G.Forst.
Euphrasia cuneata G.Forst.
Euphrasia cuneata G.Forst.
Euphrasia cuneata G.Forst.
Euphrasia cuneata G.Forst.
Euphrasia cuneata G.Forst.
Euphrasia cuneata var. tricolor (Colenso) Cheeseman
Euphrasia cuneata G.Forst.
Euphrasia diversifolia Petrie
Euphrasia cuneata G.Forst.
Euphrasia tricolor Colenso
Euphrasia cuneata G.Forst.

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Euphrasia cuneata G.Forst.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Euphrasia cuneata G.Forst.
New Zealand
Gisborne Land District
Euphrasia cuneata G.Forst.
New Zealand
Hawke's Bay Land District
Euphrasia cuneata G.Forst.
New Zealand
Marlborough Land District
Euphrasia cuneata G.Forst.
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
Euphrasia cuneata G.Forst.
New Zealand
South Auckland Land District
Euphrasia cuneata G.Forst.
New Zealand
Taranaki Land District
Euphrasia cuneata G.Forst.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District

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20cae7c5-5ad0-4e00-9897-aa90360d6cf4
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1 January 2000
18 January 2007
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