Scientific Name: Euphrasia phragmostoma Endemic Having a natural distribution confined to a particular geographic region

Common Name: hairy cliff-eyebright

Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots

Family: Orobanchaceae

Threatened Species Status: Vulnerable

Permit: It is an offence to collect, disturb, damage or destroy this species unless under permit.

Form Description: Semi-parasitic perennial herb; many branches, new growth ascending from previous year’s procumbent growth.

Flowers: Up to about 15 densely arranged cream-white flowers per raceme.

Fruit: Capsule – small whitish seed released when ripe.

Municipality
Tasman
Plant Communities
Coastal Vegetation
Habitat Notes

Usually occurs on exposed high coastal cliffs or in low scrub in a few locations on the Tasman Peninsula.

Site Tolerance

Exposed, Windy

Soil Tolerance

Nutrient-poor, Sandy, Well-drained

General Notes

Successful propagation is not ensured and therefore collecting from the wild is not recommended. It is imperative that seed and cutting trials of the rarer species be carried out by responsible authorities so that their requirements for successful cultivation can be ascertained.

Propagation Calendar

  • Flowering Month
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  • Seed Collecting Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  • Sowing Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  • Cutting Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Propagation Method
Impractical Propagation material is too difficult to collect or conditions for propagation or cultivation are too specialized.

Seed Information

Seed Collection

Plants are semi-parasitic and very difficult to grow from seed.