Erect herb, 30–100 cm high; stems sparsely strigose, often almost glabrous. Leaves stiffly hairy, apex acute, base cuneate to subcordate, margins undulate; rosette leaves lanceolate, 3–9 cm long, 5–15 mm wide; cauline leaves lanceo-late, becoming smaller towards inflorescence. Sepals narrow-lanceolate, 2–4 mm long, acute, scarcely connate at base, elongating to 5–7 mm in fruit; corolla 5–10 mm long, throat open and glabrous, orange or orange-yellow, tube somewhat longer than lobes; stamens inserted in corolla throat. Mericarps ovoid, 3–3.5 mm long, transversely wrinkled; dorsal and marginal ridges well developed, muricate. Flowers Sep.–Dec.
LoM, MuM, Wim, VVP, VRiv, RobP, MuF, GipP, OtP, Gold, CVU, EGL, EGU, HSF, HNF. Also naturalised Qld, NSW. Native to North America. A widespread weed of pastures, cultivated land and other disturbed sites.
Source:
Jeanes, J.A. (1999). Boraginaceae. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J., Flora of Victoria Vol. 4, Cornaceae to Asteraceae, pp. 387–411. Inkata Press, Melbourne.
