Common name: Rough Eyebright, Yellow eyebright
Euphrasia scabra R.Br. APNI* 
Description: Erect annual herb 8.5–50 cm high, stem branched just below inflorescence, leaves, bracts and calyces scabrous with non-glandular hairs with at least the calyx also glandular-hairy.
Upper stem leaves ovate to elliptic, usually 6–15 mm long, 1–7 mm wide, margins lobed to toothed with 1–5 pairs of teeth.
Calyx 4.3–9 mm long, densely hairy with glandular and non-glandular hairs. Corolla 8–12 mm long, glabrous, yellow, outer surface hairy; tube 6–8 mm long. Stamen filaments glabrous; anthers 1.1–1.6 mm long, connectives glabrous or hairy.
Capsule 5–9.3 mm long, bristly except at base.
Flowering: October–February
Distribution and occurrence: Grows in open damp grassy situations; chiefly south from the Jenolan Caves, also doubtfully recorded from the Sydney district (possibly extinct in N.S.W.). Grows in open damp grassy situations; chiefly south from the Jenolan Caves.
NSW subdivisions: ?CC, CT, ST
Other Australian states: Vic. Tas. W.A. S.A.
Threatened species: NSW BCA: Endangered
Text by W. R. Barker
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 3 (1992)
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