Euphrasia insignis subsp. insignis var. japonica("Hosobakogomegusa")
Japanese name: ホソバコゴメグサ（細葉小米草） Scientific name:Euphrasia insignis subsp. insignis var. japonica
[Overview]
An annual 10–20 cm tall, found in alpine areas.
It is a hemiparasitic plant.
The stem is slender, sparsely branched, and hairy.
Leaves are simple and opposite, ovate-oblong to oblanceolate, 7–15 mm long and 2.5–5 mm wide, with the base gradually narrowing.
The leaf margins have blunt serrations.
Flowers are borne singly in the leaf axils of the upper stem and are white and two-lipped.
The upper lip of the corolla is 2-lobed and curves backward.
The lower lip is 3-lobed, the tips of the lobes are shallowly notched, and there are yellow spots.
The fruit is a capsule.
