Common name: Tickweed
Arivela viscosa (L.) Raf. APNI* Synonyms: Cleome viscosa L. APNI*
Polanisia viscosa var. viscosa DC. APNI*
Description: Annual herb to 1 m high, glandular-pubescent.
Leaves mostly 5-foliolate, rarely 3-foliolate; leaflets oblanceolate to narrow-elliptic, mostly 1–6 cm long, margins entire; petiole 1–6 cm long; stipules absent.
Upper bracts ± sessile and usually 3-foliolate. Sepals 5–10 mm long. Petals 10–15 mm long, yellow. Stamens 8–16. Ovary sessile.
Capsule cylindrical, 3–10 cm long, glandular-pubescent, striate; pedicel 5–25 mm long, gynophore absent.
Distribution and occurrence:
NSW subdivisions: NC, NT, NWS, NWP, NFWP, SFWP
Other Australian states: Qld W.A. S.A. N.T.
Text by G. J. Harden
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 1 (1990)
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