Citation: F.. Muell., Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. 6:32 (1883).

Derivation: Greek achne chaff; phoros, bearing; referring to the conspicuous scales of the receptacle and of the pappus.

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: None

Description:
Perennial herb; rhizome short, vertical; leaves all radical, crowded, sheathing at the base; scapes erect, leafless, unbranched.

Capitula solitary, heterogamous, radiate; involucres broadly cup-shaped; bracts herbaceous with scarious margins, imbricate in 2 or 3 unequal series; receptacle conical, with prominent oblong scales; ray florets female, fertile, uniseriate, ligulate; style branches linear, with acute terminal appendages.

Ray achenes compressed-conical, angular; pappus uniseriate, of large scales; disk florets tubular, 5-merous, bisexual, sterile; anthers obtuse at the base, with prominent lanceolate terminal appendages; style branches almost completely fused, with subulate papillose terminal appendages; disk achenes abortive.

Distribution:  Monotypic, endemic to S.Aust.

Biology: No text

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