Orobanchaceae
Mediterranean lineseed
Bellardia trixago
- Family
- Orobanchaceae
- Genus
- Bellardia
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Common names
By language (11)
- Arabic
- بارطشية ثنائية الألوان
- Azerbaijani
- Adi bellardiya
- Bulgarian
- Белардия
- Cantonese
- 盔麻草
- English
- Mediterranean lineseed
- French
- Bartsie trixago, Bellardie
- German
- Bunte Bellardie
- Japanese
- ヒサウチソウ
- Persian
- بلاردیا
- Swedish
- Brokax
- Turkish
- Karaballıbaba, Kara ballıbaba
Synonyms
- Alectorolophus trixago (L.) M.Bieb.
- Bartsia bicolor DC.
- Bartsia capensis (L.) Spreng.
- Bartsia maxima Pers.
- Bartsia rhinanthoides Hochst. ex Benth.
- Bartsia trixago L.
- Bartsia versicolor (Lam.) Pers.
- Bellardia carnea (Griseb.) Wettst.
- Bellardia trixago f. stricta Esteve
- Bellardia trixago subvar. alba Rouy
- Bellardia trixago subvar. bicolor (DC.) Rouy
- Bellardia trixago subvar. flaviflora Rouy
- Bellardia trixago subvar. versicolor (Lam.) Rouy
- Bellardia trixago var. flaviflora (Boiss.) Maire
- Bellardia trixago var. maxima Rouy
- Bellardia trixago var. versicolor (Lam.) Cout.
- Buchnera africana L.
- Euphrasia trixago (L.) Vis.
- Euphrasia versicolor Bubani
- Glossostylis abyssinica Hochst. ex A.DC.
- Lasiopera rhinanthina Hoffmanns. & Link
- Rhinanthus bicolor Poir.
- Rhinanthus capensis L.
- Rhinanthus creticus F.Dietr.
- Rhinanthus maritimus Lam.
- Rhinanthus maximus Willd.
- Rhinanthus trixago (L.) L.
- Rhinanthus versicolor Lam.
- Trixago apula Steven
- Trixago apula var. flaviflora Boiss.
- Trixago apula var. lutea Lange
- Trixago apula var. versicolor (Lam.) Lange
- Trixago carnea Griseb.
- Trixago maxima (Pers.) Webb & Berthel.
- Trixago rhinanthina Link ex Spreng.
- Trixago versicolor (Lam.) Webb & Berthel.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Hans Hillewaert, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Taken by Carsten Niehaus, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Hans Hillewaert, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Hans Hillewaert, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Hans Hillewaert, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Hans Hillewaert, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: peganum from Henfield, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Zeynel Cebeci, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: ALAN SCHMIERER, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Kevin Thiele from Perth, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.