Gard. Dict. no., edn 8, 11 (1768) APNI
Taxonomic status:Accepted
Occurrence status:Present
Establishment means:Naturalised
Slender, erect, glabrous annual 20–70 cm high. Short non-flowering shoots with leaves in whorls of 3, elliptic to ovate, 0.6–1 cm long, 1.5–2.5 mm wide; flowering shoots with erect, alternate leaves, linear, 1–4 cm long, 0.5–1 mm wide. Inflorescence few–many-flowered, at first short and dense, elongating in fruit; bracts 2–4 mm long; pedicels 3–6 mm long. Sepals fused only at base, 3–4 mm long; corolla 6–9 mm long, purple-violet with whitish pubescent palate closing mouth, spur backwards-directed from tube, 7–9 mm long, upper lip pointed outwards with 2 narrow elongate lobes, lower lip shorter with recurved lobes. Capsule with 2 globose lobes, 2.2–2.5 mm long; seeds fimbriate. Flowers spring.
*CVU, *EGL, *EGU, *GipP, *Gold, *HNF, *HSF, *NIS, *OtP, *RobP, *Strz, *VAlp, *VRiv, *VVP. Also naturalised Qld, NSW. Native to southern Europe. Widespread weed of grassland and woodland communities, chiefly in disturbed sites along roadsides and railway lines, and in pasture etc.
Bioregion | Occurrence status | Establishment means | |
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Victorian Volcanic Plain | present | naturalised | |
Victorian Riverina | present | naturalised | |
Robinvale Plains | present | introduced | |
Gippsland Plain | present | naturalised | |
Otway Plain | present | introduced | |
Goldfields | present | naturalised | |
Central Victorian Uplands | present | naturalised | |
Northern Inland Slopes | present | naturalised | |
East Gippsland Lowlands | present | introduced | |
East Gippsland Uplands | present | naturalised | |
Highlands-Southern Fall | present | naturalised | |
Highlands-Northern Fall | present | naturalised | |
Strzelecki Ranges | present | naturalised | |
Victorian Alps | present | naturalised |
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South Australia |
Queensland |
New South Wales |
Australian Capital Territory |
Victoria |
Tasmania |