Erect perennial 2–60 cm high, much-branched, glabrous. Leaves alternate, linear or narrow-elliptic to -oblanceolate, 2–6 cm long, 1–4 mm wide. Inflorescence many-flowered; bracts 5–10 mm long; pedicels 2–5 mm long. Sepals 2–3 mm long; corolla 9–12 mm long, yellow, spur backwards-directed from tube, 6–12 mm long; upper lip with lobes pointed outwards, lower lip with pilose palate closing mouth, shorter than upper lip, lobes recurved. Capsule c. ovoid, 5–11 mm long; seeds with tuberculate marginal wing. Flowers spring–autumn.
MuM, WaP, EGL, EGU, Strz. Also naturalised NSW. Native to Europe. Scattered across Victoria near urban areas, but few documented records in recent years.
Source:
Barker, W.R. (1999). Scrophulariaceae. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J., Flora of Victoria Vol. 4, Cornaceae to Asteraceae, pp. 483–528. Inkata Press, Melbourne.
