Family Index

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Scientific Name

Euphrasia hookeri

Family Name

SCROPHULARIACEAE

Common Name

Hooker's eyebright

Status

Height

0.15m (15cm)

Flowers

In dense terminal spike; white c mauve markings, yellow in mouth & throat, red-purple on each lobe.

Fruit

Woody capsule

Form

Erect herb

Municipalities

Central Highlands; Derwent Valley; Huon Valley; Kentish; Meander Valley; West Coast

Communities

Heath; Montane Vegetation; Sedgeland and Wetland

Habitat Notes

Tas.endemic; In bolster heath, heath and coniferous heath in wet places in the western and central mountains, generally occurring at alt 700-1300 m

Site Tolerance

Exposed; Moist; Waterlogged; Windy

Frost Tolerance

Hardy

Soil Tolerance

Phosphorous intolerant; Poor; Poorly-drained

General Notes

This euphrasia is easily distinguished from other species by its deeply lobed leaves. Suitable below powerlines.

Propagation Details

Propagation Calendar

Flowering Months

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Seed Collecting Months

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Sowing Months

Jan

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Cutting Months

Jan

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Dec

Seed Information

Seed Collection

The fruits are a capsule that release the small whitish seed when ripe

Seed Treatment Method

Leaching

Seed Storage Life

Short

Viable Seeds Per Gram

Seed Treatment Notes

Plants are semi-parasitic and very difficult to grow from seed. Leaching in running water for 24 hours or longer may be useful, or soaking in a gibberallic acid and water solution may enhance results and reduce germination time. Fresh seed is recommended. For alpine species low temp (10oC) may induce germination

Germination Time

Suitable for Direct Seeding

Cuttings

Expected Time to Take Root

Expected Time to Plant Out

Propagation by Division N.B. Transplant only from nearby to avoid disease.

Cutting Notes