Parentucellia viscosa

Sticky Parentucellie ( Parentucellia viscosa )

The Sticky Parentucellie ( Parentucellia viscosa ) is a species of the genus Parentucellia in the family of broomrape family ( Orobanchaceae ) (formerly Scrophulariaceae ).

Description

The annual herbaceous plant is a semi- parasite and reaches stature heights of 10 to 50 centimeters. The glandular - sticky plant is unbranched and usually light green with vierkantigem stems. The notched up serrate leaves are arranged oblong- lanceolate and opposite sides.

The loose spike -like inflorescences are arranged on four sides and terminal. The flower is bilabiate and yellow. The crown is up to 25 mm long with slender corolla tube. The upper lip is short and helmet-shaped, the lower lip longer and three-lobed. The tubular calyx is 10 to 16 millimeters long. The linear - lanceolate calyx teeth are about as long as the calyx tube. The flower has two long and two short stamens.

Bloom time is from April to September.

Occurrence

The plant prefers fresh, alternating wet grasslands, meadows, fallow land but also stony soil. The circulation area covers the entire Mediterranean. Furthermore, the Canary Islands, Azores and Madeira. In the north- west to Scotland; in the east to Iran.