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Euphrasia fragosa, the shy eyebright, is a rare, short-lived perennial herb from lowland coastal Tasmania that is a partial parasite on grass roots. It is a wild species of conservation concern and is not a common garden or houseplant.
Euphrasia fragosa, the shy eyebright, is a rare lowland perennial herb endemic to lutruwita/Tasmania. It is in the family Orobanchaceae
The distribution of E. fragosa is restricted to three recorded populations (although this may not represent the extant population), all in coastal areas of southern Tasmania. Their distribution is limited by seed dispersal typically only occurring within 30 cm (12 in) of the parent plant.
Euphrasia alpina · Euphrasia arguta · Euphrasia brevipila · Welsh Eyebright · Euphrasia collina · Thick Eyebright · North Island eyebright · Eyebright · Long Glandular Eyebright · Euphrasia hookeri · Hairy Eyebright · Northern eyebright
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Euphrasia fragosa by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
