Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Dicotyledon Literature for Parentucellia viscosa
Wagner et al., 1990, 1999.
   Orobanchaceae Bibliography
      Parentucellia viscosa
General Information
DistributionNative to the Mediterranean region.In the Hawaiian Islands, naturalized on Hawai`i.















Habit
Stems erect, 1-5(-7) dm long, usually unbranched, glandular pubescent.
Leaves
Leaves oblong to lanceolate, 1-4.5 cm long, 0.3-1.5 cm wide, scabrous, margins coarsely serrate.
Flowers
Calyx 10-16 mm long, the teeth linear-lanceolate, about as long as tube; corolla yellow, rarely white, 16-24 mm long, caducous.
Fruit
Capsules oblong, 7-9 mm long, pubescent with brownish hairs.
Seeds
Seeds ca. 0.3-0.4 mm long.
Chromosomes
2n = 40, 48