Botanical name

Thesium scabrum

Family

Santalaceae
Thesium scabrum
Thesium scabrum
Thesium scabrum
Thesium scabrum
Thesium scabrum
Thesium scabrum

Description

Erect, densely leafy, hemiparasitic shrublet up to 40cm. Leaves linear, semi-erect, margins sharply toothed, mid-vein often toothed below; flowers clustered in dense terminal heads, whitish, petal lobes as long as floral tube; bracts as long as flowers, margins sharply jagged.

Habitat

Occasional on flats and lower slopes

Flower Date

June to January