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Parentucellia viscosa

(L.) Caruel (1885)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Asterids Order: Lamiales Family: Orobanchaceae Genus: Parentucellia

yellow glandweed

Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Erect, pubescent annual herbs.

Stems: Stems erect, 1–5(–7) dm long, usually unbranched, glandular pubescent.

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves simple. Opposite. Blades oblong to lanceolate, 1–4.5 cm long, 0.3–1.5 cm wide, scabrous. Base sessile. Margins coarsely serrate. Petioles absent. Stipules absent.

Flowers: Flowers in terminal, leafy spikes. Flowers bisexual (perfect). Calyx campanulate, 4-lobed, the lobes lanceolate; 10–16 mm long, the teeth linear–lanceolate, about as long as tube. Corolla yellow, rarely white, bilabiate, upper lip hooded, lower lip with a 2–ridged palate, the lobes longer than the hood, 16–24 mm long, caducous. Stamens 4, in 2 pairs; anthers pubescent. Ovary superior; stigma capitate.

Fruit: Capsules oblong; 7–9 mm long; pubescent with brownish hairs. Seeds ca. 0.3–0.4 mm long.

Ploidy: 2n = 40; 48

Habitat: Pastures.

Elevation Range: 1,450–1,520 m.

Historical Distribution

Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Naturalized

Island Status

Maui Naturalized
Hawai'i Naturalized

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Specimens

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Bibliography

Name Published In: F.Parlatore, Fl. Ital. 6: 482 (1885)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:1246 (H); Oppenheimer 2016:26 (EM)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Scientific Name Authorship Locality Habitat Basis of Record Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Parentucellia viscosa (L.) Caruel East Maui. Between Pohakupalaha and Lauula, N side of Haleakala Crater rim. Subalpine shrubland. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Hank Oppenheimer H71542 Maui PTBG 7/20/2015
2 Parentucellia viscosa (L.) Caruel kahuku ranch, road to nene cabin Adventive in meadow. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN st.john, h. collector number: 26828 Hawaii BISH 7/26/1971
3 Parentucellia viscosa (L.) Caruel E Maui, Hana District, betw Pohakupalaha and Lauula, N side of Haleakala Crater rim Naturalized. Vegetation: Subalpine Shrubland PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Oppenheimer, H.L. H71542 Maui BISH 7/20/2015
4 Parentucellia viscosa (L.) Caruel Kahuku Ranch, road to Nene Cabin Adventive in meadow. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN St. John, H. 26828 Hawaii BISH 7/26/1971
5 Parentucellia viscosa (L.) Caruel The Hawaiian Islands. Kahuku Ranch, road to Nene Cabin. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN St. John, H. 26828 US 7/26/1971
6 Parentucellia viscosa (L.) Caruel kukaiau ranch, north slopes of mauna kea, hawaii PRESERVED_SPECIMEN p. rubtzoff 2609 Hawaii US 6/29/1956
7 Parentucellia viscosa (L.) Caruel Kukaiau Ranch, North slopes of Mauna Kea, Hawaii PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Rubtzoff, P. 2609 Hawaii US 6/29/1956
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