Citation: DC., Prod. 5:305 (1836) var. heterodonta.

Synonymy: B. marginata Benth. in Endl., Enum. Pl.Hügel 60 (1837); B. calocarpa F. Muell., Linnaea 25:399 (1853); B. chrysoglossa F. Muell., Trans. Phil. Soc. Vic. 1:44 (1855).

Common name: Lobed-seed daisy.

Description:
Perennial herb to 36 cm high, without rhizomes but with a woody stock; stems numerous, branched, erect, whitewoolly at least in the axils; leaves all cauline, sessile, oblanceolate to cuneate, rarely linear, 3-fid at the apex or rarely pinnatisect or entire, 2-8.5 cm long, 2-7.5 mm wide, pubescent to glabrous, with a prominent mid-vein.

Peduncles robust, with a few reduced leaves near the base, pubescent to glabrous; receptacle conical, 1.5-3.5 mm diam.; involucral bracts 18-24, oblanceolate, acute to obtuse, 3-4.5 mm long, tomentose, glandular, with torn-ciliate apices; ray florets 32-35, oblanceolate, white to pale-violet; anthers with terminal appendages.

Achenes flattened, broadly cuneate, 3-4 mm long, pale-brown; margins winged, deeply and irregularly lobed; faces tuberculate; pappus prominent, of free unequal bristles.

Distribution:    N.T.; Qld; N.S.W.; Vic. Conservation status: native Flowering time: June — Nov.

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

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