Arctic Eyebright (Euphrasia subarctica)
Description
Flowers white with purple stripes and a yellow throat, flowers single in leaf axils. Flower measured to 8 mm diameter, 7 mm long, lower lip 4 mm in diameter. Lower lip cleft into 3 lobes, each lobe with purple lines. Leaves mostly alternate, with a few pairs opposite. Leaves are sessile, more or less orbicular with up to 5 prominent teeth per side, leaf measured at 1 cm long by 1 cm wide. Leaves glabrous. Height listed in Budd's Flora to 20 cm. We've observed plants growing to a height of 25 cm, most plants have been 10 cm or less in height. Disturbed soils in the boreal forest. Very rare, ranked as an S1S2 by the Saskatchewan Conservation Data Centre.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Phylum: Magnoliophyta
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Class: Magnoliopsida
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Order: Lamiales
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Family: Orobanchaceae
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Genus: Euphrasia
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