Flora da Serra da Boa Viagem (Figueira da Foz): Bellardia trixago

Bellardia trixago

Descrição:

Bellardia trixago (L.) All.

Divisão	Spermatophyta	Subdivisão	Magnoliophytina (Angiospermae)
Classe	Magnoliopsida	Subclasse	Lamiidae
Ordem	Lamiales	Família	Scrophulariaceae
Espécie	Bellardia trixago	Descritor	(L.) All.
Subespecie		Variedade

Tipo Fisionómico

Terófito

Sinonimias

Bellardia trixago (L.) All. var. versicolor (Lam.) P. Cout.

Nome comum

Flor-de-ouro

Distribuição Geral	S Europa
Habitat	Ruderal, relvados húmidos e terrenos incultos
Época de Floração	Abril - Julho
Notas

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Bellardia trixago is a species of flowering plant known as Mediterranean lineseed. It is considered a Scrophulariaceae, but sometimes put into the Orobanchaceae family. This plant is native to the Mediterranean Basin, but it is known in other places with similar climates, such as California and parts of Chile, where it is an introduced species and noxious weed. This is an erect plant often reaching over half a meter in height. Its foliage is rich green and dotted with glands and hairs. The sawtoothed leaves extend about halfway up the plant, with the upper half of the stem being occupied with a stout inflorescence which narrows to a point. The inflorescence has rows of leaflike bracts, between which emerge showy purple and white lipped, hooded flowers, each over two centimeters wide. The fruit is a smooth, green capsule. Mediterranean lineseed is parasitic; this species is hemiparasitic in that it is green and photosynthetic but also taps into the roots of other plants to extract nutrients.

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