Citation: Hook.f, Fl. Tasm. 1:185 (1856).

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: Coast daisy.

Description:
Annual or perennial herb to 40 cm high; stems erect or ascending, branched, glabrous; basal leaves entire and linear to narrowly oblanceolate or pinnatisect, 2-7 cm long, glabrous; cauline leaves entire or pinnatisect with linear segments, 2-10 cm long, glabrous to sparsely glandular-pubescent.

Peduncles filiform, 5-22 cm long, glabrous to glandular-pubescent, with 1-3 reduced leaves near the base; receptacle hemispherical, 2.5-3 mm diam.; involucral bracts 18-22, oblanceolate, obtuse, 2-3.5 mm long, glabrous to minutely pubescent, green, with torn-ciliate apices; ray florets 40-80; ligules linear, 3-5 mm long, white to lilac; anthers without terminal appendages.

Achenes cuneate, flattened, 1.5-2 mm long, dark-brown; margins smooth, pale, wingless; faces smooth, glabrous or slightly pubescent; pappus reduced to microscopic papillae.

Conservation status: native Flowering time: No flowering time is available

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