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infestation (Photo: Trevor James)
habit (Photo: Trevor James)
leaves (Photo: Trevor James)
close-up of stem with sticky hairs (Photo: Trevor James)
flowers and leafy floral bracts (Photo: Trevor James)
close-up of flowers, with three lower petal lobes and a hooded upper petal lobe (Photo: Trevor James)
Scientific Name
Parentucellia viscosa (L.) Caruel
Synonyms
Bartschia viscosa L.Bartsia viscosa L.
Family
Scrophulariaceae
Common Names
sticky bartsia, sticky parentucellia, tarweed, yellow bartsia, yellow glandweed
Origin
Native to western and southern Europe.
Naturalised Distribution
Widely naturalised is southern Australia (i.e. in some parts of eastern New South Wales, in Victoria and Tasmania, in south-eastern South Australia, and in south-western Western Australia).
Also naturalised in the USA (i.e. California, Oregon, Washington, Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas and Mississippi) and Hawaii.
Notes
Yellow bartsia (Parentucellia viscosa) is regsrded as an environmental weed in Victoria and Western Australia.
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