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Western Eyebright

Euphrasia tetraquetra

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 44, February 32, March 51, April 80, May 115, June 126, July 134, August 116, September 85, October 63, November 35, December 27.
United States920
Alaska908
Canada24
Quebec20
Maine10
France10
Bretagne10
New Brunswick4
Massachusetts2
Belgium2

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

  • Forb or herb growth formListed by a harvested source as having a forb or herbaceous growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Annual plantListed by a harvested source as having an annual life duration.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • ParasiteDescends from a lineage whose members commonly live parasitically on another organism.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderMints, Plantains, Olives, and Allies · Lamiales
Familybroomrape family · Orobanchaceae
Genuseyebrights · Euphrasia

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Western Eyebright with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.