Botany

Euphrasia arguta

Euphrasia arguta is a plant in the family Orobanchaceae. Plants in the genus Euphrasia are collectively known as the eyebrights. The species was last recorded in June 1904 near Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia, and was presumed extinct until rediscovered in 2008 by Forests NSW worker Graham Marshall in NSW's Nundle State Forest. Some scientists consider that it is a variety of the threatened Euphrasia scabra. Previously the whole genus Euphrasia was regarded as part of the family Scrophulariaceae. It was first described by Robert Brown in his reference work Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen in 1810. A further identification of the plant was reported from the Barrington Tops in 2012.

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• ▸Dianthus caespitosus
• ▸Idia
• ▸Delairea

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