Euphrasia eichleri

Erect annual herb, 4–16 cm high; branches developed in consecutive stem nodes, the oldest in upper parts; glandular hairs dense on branches, leaves, rachis, bracts and calyces. Upper stem leaves ovate- to obovate-elliptic, 8–20 mm long, 2.9–8.5 mm wide, serrate to crenate-serrate, with 2–5 pairs of teeth, apical tooth 2–6.5 mm long. Racemes usually more than 15-flowered. Calyx 5.3–9.5 mm long; corolla 6.5–13 mm long along upper side, white to lilac, with 3–5 indigo to deep red-purple striations on each lobe, and yellow blotches in mouth at base of anterior filaments and sometimes behind lower lip; anthers 1.2–2.2 mm long, with area around connectives sparsely to densely eglandular hairy. Capsule densely setose in apical parts. Flowers Jan.–Feb.