Mant. Pl. 2: 202 (1771) APNI
Taxonomic status:Accepted
Occurrence status:Present
Establishment means:Naturalised
Annual or rarely biennial herb, 20–120 cm high, erect; branches 1–several from base, densely covered with coarse spreading hairs. Leaves densely hairy, apex acute or obtuse, margins entire; rosette leaves oblanceolate to obovate, 4–25 cm long, 8–70 mm wide; cauline leaves oblong-lanceolate, bases cordate to auriculate. Inflorescence conical, cymes elongated; bracts shorter or longer than sepals. Sepals linear-lanceolate, 8–11 mm long, acute, elongating to c. 15 mm in fruit, hairy; corolla 20–30 mm long, hairy outside and inside, purplish-blue, rarely pink or white, lobes broad-ovate, 2–6 mm long, much shorter than tube; nectary scales 5, arranged around ovary; stamens inserted near throat, posterior 2 long-exserted from corolla, others more or less included. Mericarps 2–3 mm long, rugose with pointed tubercles, grey-brown. Flowers mainly Jul.–Jan.
*Brid, *CVU, *DunT, *EGL, *EGU, *GipP, *Glep, *Gold, *GGr, *HNF, *HSF, *LoM, *MonT, *MuF, *MuM, *MSB, *NIS, *OtP, *OtR, *RobP, *SnM, *Strz, *VAlp, *VRiv, *VVP, *WaP, *Wim. Naturalised all States. Native to Europe. A widespread and troublesome weed of pastures and disturbed places. Although declared a noxious weed in Victoria it is often used as fodder in drought-prone areas and is valued by apiarists as a source of nectar and pollen.
Bioregion | Occurrence status | Establishment means | |
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Lowan Mallee | present | naturalised | |
Murray Mallee | present | naturalised | |
Wimmera | present | naturalised | |
Glenelg Plain | present | naturalised | |
Bridgewater | present | naturalised | |
Victorian Volcanic Plain | present | naturalised | |
Victorian Riverina | present | naturalised | |
Murray Scroll Belt | present | naturalised | |
Robinvale Plains | present | naturalised | |
Murray Fans | present | naturalised | |
Gippsland Plain | present | naturalised | |
Otway Plain | present | naturalised | |
Warrnambool Plain | present | naturalised | |
Goldfields | present | naturalised | |
Central Victorian Uplands | present | naturalised | |
Greater Grampians | present | naturalised | |
Dundas Tablelands | present | naturalised | |
Northern Inland Slopes | present | naturalised | |
East Gippsland Lowlands | present | naturalised | |
East Gippsland Uplands | present | naturalised | |
Highlands-Southern Fall | present | naturalised | |
Highlands-Northern Fall | present | naturalised | |
Otway Ranges | present | naturalised | |
Strzelecki Ranges | present | naturalised | |
Monaro Tablelands | present | naturalised | |
Victorian Alps | present | naturalised | |
Snowy Mountains | present | naturalised |
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Western Australia |
Northern Territory |
South Australia |
Queensland |
New South Wales |
Australian Capital Territory |
Victoria |
Tasmania |