Citation: Tate, Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. 11:83 (1889).

Synonymy: B. aculeata sensu J. Black, Fl. S. Aust. 587 (1929), non (Labill.)Less.

Common name: None

Description:
Perennial herb to 60 cm high; rhizomes present; stems short, usually unbranched, erect, glabrous; leaves all near-basal, sometimes forming a rosette, sessile, oblanceolate to spathulate, shallowly obtuse-lobed, 3-6 cm long, 0.5-1.5 cm wide, glabrous to finely glandular-pubescent.

Peduncles unbranched, scape-like, robust, 20-55 cm long, glandular-pubescent, passing into stems with a few reduced leaves near the base only; receptacle broadly conical, c. 3 mm diam.; involucral bracts 15-20, elliptical, obtuse, 4-6 mm long, green with purplish apices, glandular; ray florets 27-35; ligules 6-8 mm long, linear, white; anthers with terminal appendages.

Achenes flattened, 3-4 mm long, brown; margins broadly winged, minutely ciliate; faces smooth, very sparsely glandular; pappus minute, of free subequal bristles.

Distribution:  Mainly in mallee on calcareous soils. Conservation status: native Flowering time: Aug. — Oct.

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

Biology: No text

Taxonomic notes: One of the complex of species related to B. aculeata, and distinguished from this species (of N.S.W. and Vic.) by the persistent basal leaves (H. M. Stace (1981) Aust. J. Bot. 29:425-440).

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