''Euphrasia gibbsiae'' is a

perennial In horticulture, the term perennial ('' per-'' + '' -ennial'', "through the year") is used to differentiate a plant from shorter-lived annuals and biennials. It has thus been defined as a plant that lives more than 2 years. The term is also ...

herbaceous plant Herbaceous plants are vascular plants that have no persistent woody stems above ground. This broad category of plants includes many perennials, and nearly all annuals and biennials. Definitions of "herb" and "herbaceous" The fourth edition o ...

in the

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

Euphrasia ''Euphrasia'', or eyebright, is a genus of about 215 species of Herbaceous plant, herbaceous flowering plants in the family (biology), family Orobanchaceae (formerly included in the Scrophulariaceae), with a cosmopolitan distribution. They are P ...

''. It is native to

Victoria Victoria most commonly refers to: * Queen Victoria (1819–1901), Queen of the United Kingdom and Empress of India * Victoria (state), a state of Australia * Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, a provincial capital * Victoria, Seychelles, the capi ...

and

Tasmania Tasmania (; palawa kani: ''Lutruwita'') is an island States and territories of Australia, state of Australia. It is located to the south of the Mainland Australia, Australian mainland, and is separated from it by the Bass Strait. The sta ...

in Australia. Species in this genus may be called eyebright. ''Euphrasia gibbsiae'' was formally described by G.E. Du Rietz in ''Field Notes of Tasmanian Plants collected by H.F.Comber 1929/30'' There are a number of

subspecies In Taxonomy (biology), biological classification, subspecies (: subspecies) is a rank below species, used for populations that live in different areas and vary in size, shape, or other physical characteristics (Morphology (biology), morpholog ...

currently recognised: *''Euphrasia gibbsiae'' subsp. ''comberi'' (Du Rietz) W.R.Barker *''Euphrasia gibbsiae'' subsp. ''discolor'' W.R.Barker - described in 1982 based on the type specimen collected from near

Cradle Mountain Cradle Mountain is a locality and mountain in the Central Highlands region of the Australian state of Tasmania. The mountain is situated in the Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park. At above sea level, it is the sixth-highest mount ...

in Tasmania in 1971. *''Euphrasia gibbsiae'' Du Rietz subsp. ''gibbsiae'' *''Euphrasia gibbsiae'' subsp. ''microdonta'' W.R.Barker - described from plant material collected from Dove Lake near Cradle Mountain. *''Euphrasia gibbsiae'' subsp. ''psilantherea'' (F.Muell.) W.R.Barker *''Euphrasia gibbsiae'' subsp. ''pulvinestris'' W.R.Barker, described in 1982 based on the type specimen collected from

Mount Field National Park Mount Field National Park is a national park in Tasmania, Australia, 64 km northwest of Hobart, Australia, Hobart. The landscape ranges from eucalyptus temperate rainforest to alpine moorland, rising to 1,434 metres (4,705 ft) at the ...

in Tasmania in 1971. *''Euphrasia gibbsiae'' subsp. ''subglabrifolia'' (Du Rietz) W.R.Barker, described in 1948 based on the type specimen collected from Mount Mueller, Victoria in 1892. It occurs in ''

sphagnum ''Sphagnum'' is a genus of approximately 380 accepted species of mosses, commonly known as sphagnum moss, also bog moss and quacker moss (although that term is also sometimes used for peat). Accumulations of ''Sphagnum'' can store water, since ...

'' bogs and wet heathland on the Baw Baw plateau in Victoria. *''Euphrasia gibbsiae'' subsp. ''wellingtonensis'' W.R.Barker, described in 1982 based on plant material collected from

moorland Moorland or moor is a type of Habitat (ecology), habitat found in upland (geology), upland areas in temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands and the biomes of montane grasslands and shrublands, characterised by low-growing vegetation on So ...

on the summit of

Mount Wellington Mount Wellington may refer to: Mountains * Mount Wellington (British Columbia), in Canada * Mount Wellington (New York), in Otsego County, New York, United States * Mount Wellington (Tasmania), in Tasmania, Australia * Mount Wellington (Victoria) ...

in Tasmania.

References

gibbsiae Lamiales of Australia Flora of Victoria (state) Flora of Tasmania {{Australia-asterid-stub