Citation: Sonder & F. Muell. ex Sonder, Linnaea 25:476 (1853).

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: Black-seed daisy.

Description:
Perennial herb to 45 cm high; rhizomes absent; stems branched, erect to ascending, pubescent; basal leaves cuneate to oblanceolate, shallowly lobed, attenuate at the base, 3-7 cm long, 1-2 cm wide, glandular-pubescent, soon withering; cauline leaves narrowly cuneate, irregularly dentate, attenuate at the base, 2-5.5 cm long, to 1 cm wide, glandular-pubescent.

Peduncles erect, filiform, 4-12 cm long, glabrous, with a few reduced leaves near the base; receptacle conical, 3-3.5 mm diam.; involucral bracts 12-14, obovate, obtuse, 4-5 mm long, glandular, green, broad, scarious, with entire or slightly torn-ciliate apices; ray florets c. 20; ligules linear, c. 7 mm long, white to violet; anthers with terminal appendages.

Achenes obovate, turgid, 2-2.5 mm long, black; margins narrow, wingless, smooth or somewhat tuberculate; faces coarsely tuberculate; pappus prominent, white, of free subequal bristles to 0.4 mm long.

Published illustration: Cunnirigham et al. (1982) Plants of western New South Wales, p. 649.

Distribution:  On heavy clay soils subject to winter flooding, mainly in grassland and woodland.   N.T.; Qld; N.S.W.; Vic. Conservation status: native Flowering time: Sept. — Oct.

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

Biology: No text

Author: Not yet available