Citation: F. Muell. ex Benth., Fl. Aust. 3:517 (1867).

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: Swamp daisy.

Description:
Perennial herb to 45 cm high; rhizome absent; stem very short; leaves all radical, sessile, linear, entire, grasslike, sheathing at the base, obtuse at the apex, 10-30 cm long, 1-3 mm wide, glabrous.

Peduncles radical, robust, scape-like, 20-45 cm long, glabrous, with 1-6 reduced leaves to 5 cm long; receptacle conical, c. 4 mm diam.; involucral bracts 24-38, 3- or 4-seriate, oblong to oblanceolate, 4-6 mm long, minutely glandular-pubescent, often purplish, with obtuse apices; ray florets 30-60; ligules linear, 7-10 mm long, white to mauve; anthers with terminal appendages.

Achenes elliptic, flattened, 2-3 mm long, brown; margins with flat wings, undulate or shallowly lobed and sparsely ciliolate at the edge; faces smooth, glabrous; pappus minute, of free subequal bristles.

Published illustration: Beek & Foster (1972) Wildflowers of South Australia.

Distribution:  In swamps.   N.S.W.; Vic.; Tas. Conservation status: native Flowering time: Sept. — Nov.

SA Distribution Map based on current data relating to specimens held in the State Herbarium of South Australia

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