Bellardia viscosa Fisch. & C.A.Mey.

English: Yellow Glandweed

German: Klebrige Parentucellie

Portuguese: Parentucélia-peganhenta

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

      Order: Lamiales (199)

        Family: Orobanchaceae (15)(family description)

          Genus: Bellardia (2)

            Epithet: viscosa Fisch. & C.A.Mey. (3)

Synonyms: Bartsia maxima Gren. & Godr., Bartsia viscosa L., Dispermotheca viscosa (L.) Beauverd, Eufragia viscosa (L.) Benth., Euphrasia linifolia Lam., Euphrasia pratensis Bubani, Euphrasia viscidula Dumort., Euphrasia viscosa (L.) Sieber, Lasiopera viscosa (L.) Hoffmanns. & Link, Parentucellia viscosa (L.) Caruel, Rhinanthus maximus Lam., Rhinanthus viscosus (L.) Lam., Trixago viscosa (L.) Rchb.

linifolia => leaves like Linum (flax)

maxima => largest

maximus => largest

pratensis => growing in meadows

viscosa => sticky, clammy, exuding a sticky secretion

viscosus => sticky, clammy, exuding a sticky secretion

Climate: sub-tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: herb

Flower colour: yellow

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• [31] Canzobre, H.L., Samartín, L.A. (1998): Guía da flora do litoral galego. Edicións Xerais de Galicia, Vigo, Spain.