Citation: G.L. Davis, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 77:186 (1852).

Synonymy: C. multicaulis (Turcz.)Druce var. breviradiata Ising, Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. 46:608 (1922).

Common name: None

Description:
Perennial herb 10-40 cm high; stems erect or ascending, branched, sparsely pubescent, often becoming woody at the base; radical leaves absent; cauline leaves sessile, cuneate to oblanceolate, 1-3 cm long, 1-4 mm wide, 1-5-toothed near the apex, narrowed at the base, sparsely pubescent.

Capitula solitary or in loose terminal cymes of 2-4, c. 8 mm diam.; receptacle conical, c. 2 mm diam., with minute entire scales; involucral bracts 25-35, linear, acuminate, 2-3 mm long, pubescent; ray florets 80-100, multiseriate; ligules c. 1 mm long, yellow.

Achenes 1.8-2 mm long, minutely tuberculate, pilose near the summit with straight simple hairs; wings broad, abruptly upcurved, c. 0.6 mm long, ciliate on the margins; pappus of c. 20 awns, 0.5-1.5 mm long, plumose, rigid, pale; disk florets stefile.

Distribution:  S.Aust.: LE, NU.   W.Aust.; N.S.W. Conservation status: native Flowering time: July — Sept.

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

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