Herbario Virtual del Mediterráneo Occidental
Àrea de Botànica, Departament de Biologia, Universitat de les Illes Balears
Parentucellia latifolia (L.) Caruel
Family : SCROPHULARIACEAE
Genus : Parentucellia
General distribution : Mediterranean
Life-forms : Terophyte.
Habitat : Therophytic communities.
Characteristics : A small perennial herb with an annual cycle that grows erect and is characterized by its opposite leaves with margins deeply dentate. This plant is entirely covered by glandulous hairs that give it a characteristic sticky touch. Forms a flower spike on the plant upper half. The flowers can be identified without a doubt, they are purple in colour and the petals form two labella, the inferior is divided into lobes.
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