Plants of South Eastern New South Wales

Neatostema apulum

Flowers and leaves. Australian Plant Image Index, photographer Murray Fagg, Scottsdale Bush Heritage Reserve near Bredbo

Flowering plant. Australian Plant Image Index, photographer Murray Fagg, Scottsdale Bush Heritage Reserve near Bredbo

Flowering plant. Australian Plant Image Index, photographer Murray Fagg, Scottsdale Bush Heritage Reserve near Bredbo

Common name

Hairy sheepweed

Family

Boraginaceae

Where found

Woodland, grassy areas and disturbed sites. Tablelands.

Notes

Introduced annual herb to 0.25 m tall. Young stems hairy. Leaves basal and alternating up the stems, 1-4 cm long, 2-4 mm wide, bristly, with pointed tips. Flowers 4-5 mm long, yellow, tubular, with 5 spreading lobes about 1 mm long, much shorter than the tube. Flowers in clusters. Flowers Spring-Summer.

PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Neatostema~apulum 
(accessed 23 January, 2021)