Weed Habitat 

• Considered to be from tropical America, this weed invades disturbed and overgrazed areas.

Description 

• An erect small shrub growing to around 1.5 m.
• Stems woody, branching several times, with well-developed tap root.
• Leaves narrow, lance shaped, tapered both ends, serrated edges.
• Yellow flowers, usually solitary or in pairs in the leaf axils.
• Fruit is a hard, dark brown dry capsule, splitting into 5-8 segments each with a wedge-shaped, black seed having 2 sharp points at one end.