Citation: J. Black, Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. 40:75 (1916).

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: None

Description:
Undershrub to 45 cm high; stems erect, densely branched, glandular-pubescent; woody near the base with persistent leaf bases; leaves all cauline, sessile, oblanceolate, acute, 2-5 cm long, 2-5 mm wide, dentate with few distant acute fillform teeth, glandular-pubescent to glabrescent.

Peduncles in loose corymbs, leafless or with 1 or 2 reduced leaves, glandular-pubescent; receptacle conical, c. 1.5 mm diam.; involucral bracts 16-20, oblong to obovate, acute, 3-5 mm long, green or purplish with torn-fimbriate to erose margins, glandular; ray florets 25-30; ligules linear, c. 5 mm long, white or pale-blue; anthers with terminal appendages.

Achenes narrowly obovate, flattened, c. 2 mm long, brown; margins wingless, smooth, often with scattered hairs; faces with tubercle-based hairs between 2 prominent ridges; pappus usually absent, rarely a microscopic ring of connate teeth.

Distribution:  On rocky ridges, also on sandplains and watercourses.   W.Aust.; N.T.; Qld. 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

Biology: No text

Author: Not yet available