Citation: D. Cooke, J. Adelaide Bot. Gard. 7:273 (1985).

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: None

Description:
Annual herb to 12 cm high; stems branched, erect to ascending, short, reddish, sparsely pubescent: basal leaves oblanceolate, narrowed at the base, entire to pinnatipartite 3-18 mm long, very sparsely pubescent, soon withering; cauline leaves obovate to ovate, amplexicaul at the base, pinnatisect, 3-9 mm long, pubescent; peduncles 4-8 cm long, leafless, glabrous, passing into leafy stems; receptacle hemispherical, 2-2.5 mm diam.; involucral bracts 9-15, obovate to oblanceolate, obtuse, 2.3-3.2 mm long, glabrous, with minutely erose often purple apices: ray florets 15-24; ligules linear, 4-5 mm long, white to lilac; anthers without terminal appendages.

Achenes cuneate, hardly flattened, 1.5-1.7 mm long, glabrous except for a few minute hairs near the apex; margins narrow, wingless, smooth, greenish; faces crowded with large ochre tubercles; pappus c. 0.4 mm long, white, of unequal connate bristles.

Distribution:    In mallee on sand dunes. Conservation status: native Flowering time: 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