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Common Eyebright

Euphrasia nemorosa

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in British Columbia.January 47, February 44, March 68, April 79, May 123, June 107, July 137, August 219, September 150, October 53, November 42, December 43.
United States27,615
Canada3,053
British Columbia832
Nova Scotia640
Quebec632
Maine388
Newfoundland and Labrador310
New Brunswick303
Alaska282
United Kingdom258

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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

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