Class
Order
Family
Genus
Classification
Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Parentucellia latifolia (L.) Caruel
Synonymy:
- ≡ Bartsia latifolia (L.) Sm. (1827)
- ≡ Bellardia latifolia (L.) Cuatrec. (1929)
- ≡ Euphrasia latifolia L.
Vernacular Name(s):
Common bartsia; Red tarweed; Sticky bartsia; Tarweed; yellow bartsia
Description
Glandular-hairy herb with erect, usually simple stems to c. 30 cm tall. Lvs 5–15 × 3–8 mm, ovate or lanceolate, deeply toothed or lobed; margins somewhat revolute. Infl. = or > non-flowering part when fully developed. Bracts mostly reduced. Calyx c. 10 mm long, glandular-hairy, mainly on nerves; teeth c. 4 mm long, triangular, with margin and apex purple. Corolla 12–15 mm long (to apex of upper lip), persistent around capsule; lobes and upper tube crimson-purple, with crimson-purple hairs (at least in upper part); upper lip 4–5 mm long, white-hairy inside; lower lip lobes united in lower part and with 2, large, elliptic, glandular concavities; middle lobe 1–1.5 mm long. Filaments glabrous except at base. Capsule 7–8 mm long, lanceolate-oblong, glabrous. Seeds c. 0.25 mm long, fusiform.
[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]
Biostatus
Exotic
Phenology
Flowering: Oct.–Dec.
Bibliography
Scheunert, A.; Fleischmann, A.; Olano-Marín, C.; Bräuchler, C.; Heubl, G. 2012: Phylogeny of tribe Rhinantheae (Orobanchaceae) with a focus on biogeography, cytology and re-examination of generic concepts. Taxon 61(6): 1269–1285.
Uribe-Convers, S.; Tank, D.C. 2016: Phylogenetic revision of the genus Bartsia (Orobanchaceae): Disjunct distributions correlate to independent lineages. Systematic Botany 41(3): 672–684.
