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Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Euphrasia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Euphrasia (Greek for hilarity or delight). Scrophulariaceae. Eyebright. More than 100 low herbs, of no special horticultural value although some of them are mentioned in connection with alpine-gardening. They are more or less parasitic on roots of other plants: Lvs. opposite, dentate or incised: fls. small, largely whitish or purplish, in terminal leafy spikes; calyx mostly 4-cleft; corolla 2-lipped; stamens 4, didynamous, ascending under the upper lip: caps, oblong, many- seeded, dehiscent. The species range in temperate and cold parts of the globe, several of them being N. American. ^CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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