The remaining spoil heaps are a protected archaeological site and support a wide variety of plants including Birdsfoot Trefoil, Eyebright, Wild thyme and the Common spotted orchid.
Three species of Euphrasia (a semi-parasitic, herbaceous flowering plant commonly known as eyebright) are found only in Tasman National Park.
Euphrasia | Mary Euphrasia Pelletier | Euphrasia stricta | euphrasia |
Euphrasia Eluvathingal (Rosa) was born on October 17, 1877, in the village of Kattoor, in Syro-Malabar Catholic Archdiocese of Thrissur in Thrissur district.
Hearing of her mother's death, the Emperor Theodosius I sent for Euphrasia, whom he had promised in marriage to a young senator.
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Euphrasia was the only daughter of Antigonus—a nobleman of the court of Emperor Theodosius I, to whom he was related—and of Euphrasia, his wife.
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Moreover, before she died, the abbess of Euphrasia's monastery reported having had a vision of Euphrasia transported to God's throne, surrounded by angels.
Angers had seen great changes since 1829, when Mother Euphrasia had come with five sisters to found the first convent.
The species has larvae which live near plants such as odontites and large specimens of euphrasia, both in the figwort family (Scrophulariaceae).