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Tolpis barbata
Also called Yellow Hawkweed, Tolpis, Black Eyes
Tolpis barbata is a small annual weed in the daisy family, native to the Mediterranean and southern Europe and now found as an introduced weed elsewhere, such as California and New South Wales. It grows easily from seed in open, sunny, disturbed ground and is rarely grown on purpose.
Tolpis barbata is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name European umbrella milkwort. It is native to southern Europe, including the Mediterranean, namely in Portugal, Spain, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and the British territory of Gibraltar and it is known in many other places as an introduced species and a common weed, such as in California and New South Wales.
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
