Description
Seed Colour: Black
Seed Length: 1 - 2mmSeed Sculpture: Smooth
Seed Shape: OvoidErect annual to c. 1 m high, hairy, with the base of the stem and the taproot red.
Leaves ovate to lanceolate, to c. 7 cm long, acute; petiolate.
Inflorescence terminal with branches in the upper leaf axils. Bracts spinescent, c. 6 mm long. Perianth segments 5, oblong, c. 3 mm long, mucronate or entire when young, obtuse and notched at maturity. Stamens 5. Ovary nearly as long as perianth, circumsciss. Weed of roadsides and cultivation.
Source: Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust see Web Links PlantNET - FloraOnline
