Common name
English: False Yellowhead, Sticky Fleabane, Yellow Fleabane
German: Klebriger Alant
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2659)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2572)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2167)
Order: Asterales (224)
Family: Asteraceae (223)(family description)
Genus: Dittrichia (3)
Epithet: viscosa (L.) Greuter (3)
Synonyms: Inula viscosa Batt., Jacobaea viscosa (L.) Merino
viscosa => sticky, clammy, exuding a sticky secretion
Characteristics
Climate: sub-tropical
Habit: herb
Flower colour: yellow