Common name: Sheepweed
Buglossoides arvensis (L.) I.M.Johnst. APNI* Synonyms: Lithospermum arvense L. APNI*
Description: Erect herb to 45 cm high with few to many ascending branches and a well-developed tap-root; hairs rather dense, coarse.
Leaves narrow-oblanceolate to spathulate, 20–65 mm long, 2–10 mm wide, becoming shorter towards the apex, margins entire, surfaces densely hairy.
Sepals linear, 4–6 mm long, becoming much longer in fruit. Corolla 6–7 mm long, white to cream, with hairy ridges running from the stamens to the throat. Mericarps c. 4 mm long, grey.
Flowering: spring.
Distribution and occurrence: weed of disturbed places, widespread. Native of Europe.
NSW subdivisions: *CC, *NT, *CT, *ST, *NWS, *CWS, *SWS, *NWP, *SWP, *NFWP
Other Australian states: *Qld *Vic. *Tas. *W.A. *S.A. *N.T.
Text by Peter G. Wilson
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 3 (1992)
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