Euphrasia monroi Hook.f.
Densely branched perennial herb or subshrub arising from stout woody stock; stems stout, woody in lower parts, crowded, sometimes branched in upper parts, usually naked below and densely leafy at tips, bifariously white-hairy. Lvs sessile, 5-10 × 3-6 mm, obovate or broadly obovate-cuneate with 1-2 pairs of usually shallow incisions near broad obtuse apex, glabrous. Fls on pedicels to 4 mm long. Calyx 6-8 mm long, glabrous or nearly so, divided ?-1/2 way. Corolla white, 10-15 mm long. Anthers golden brown to reddish brown; marginal hairs numerous; awns stout, almost equal. Capsule ± = or occasionally > calyx, 6-9 × 3-4 mm.
S.: mountains of Nelson and Marlborough to 42° 30'.
Endemic.
Rocky slopes and cliffs, sometimes in grassland.
FL Oct-Feb.
