Common name:
Yellow bartsia
Family:
Scientific name:
Parentucellia viscosa
Main flower color:
Range:
Coastal areas of southwest England and south Wales
Height:
Up to 40 cm
Habitat:
Dune slacks, wet grassland; a semi-parasitic species
Flowers:
The corolla is bright yellow, up to 2 cm long, with a hooded, undivided upper lip and a longer lower lip, divided into three rounded, equal-sized lobes. The tubular calyx is a little shorter, and is divided about half way into four triangular lobes. The inflorescence is an elongated cluster, the flowers subtended by toothed, leaf-like bracts
Leaves:
Opposite, lanceolate, stalkless, sparsely glandular hairy, up to 4 cm long, lined by a few large teeth; on glandular hairy stems
Season:
June to September
Rarity:
★★★★★
