Scientific Name: Euphrasia scabra

Common Name: yellow eyebright

Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots

Family: Orobanchaceae

Threatened Species Status: Endangered

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

Form Description: Annual herb; stem erect, branches ascending.

Height (m): 0.12 – 0.5

Flowers: Up to 50 densely arranged yellow flowers per raceme; sometimes with 3 red-brown striations.

Fruit: Capsule – small whitish seed released when ripe.

Municipality
Break O’DayBurnieCentral HighlandsHobartKingboroughLatrobeLaunceston
Plant Communities
Coastal Vegetation
Habitat Notes

Widespread and occasionally frequent near coasts and on dry hillsides; from sea-level to about 1500m.

Site Tolerance

Dry, Exposed

Soil Tolerance

Loam, 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
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  • 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.