Yellow Flower Of Bristly Oxtongue, Helminthotheca Echioides Stock Photography

Yellow flower of Bristly oxtongue, Helminthotheca echioides. Helminthotheca echioides, known as bristly oxtongue, is a stiff annual or biennial herb native to Europe and North Africa. It was traditionally used as an antihelminthic treatment. Helminthotheca echioides is native to the Mediterranean Basin, but has become widely naturalised outside that range. In the British Isles, it is widely distributed in the south and east, but more patchily distributed to the north and west.