Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Amsinckia intermedia
Common name
Common Fiddleneck, Yellow Burrweed, Amsinckia
Family
Boraginaceae
Where found
Dry forest, woodland, grassy areas, and disturbed sites. Widespread, but not on the coast and ranges south of the Sydney region.
Notes
Introduced annual herb 0.3-1 m tall. Stems bristly, sometimes almost hairless. Basal leaves in a rosette, 3-20 cm long, stem leaves alternating up the stems, 1-4 cm long, 5-15 mm wide, bristly, upper leaves with basal lobes and often stem clasping. Flowers orange to orange-yellow, 5-10 mm long, bell shaped, with 5 lobes. Flowers in clusters on one side of the coiled stalk when young, the stalk soon elongating. 'Seeds' grey to fawn, usually transversely wrinkled, usually 3-3.5 mm long. Flowers Spring.
Noxious weed Vic.
Plants naturalised in the ACT are intermediate between Amsinckia calycina and Amsinckia intermedia.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Amsinckia~intermedia (accessed 3 January, 2021)
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