Citation: F. Muell., Victorian Nat. 7:38 (1890).

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: Glandular sunray.

Description:
Annual herb 7-45 cm high; stems few, erect or ascending, branched, green, glandular-scabrous, often woody near the base; leaves alternate, linear, subamplexicaul, obtuse to subacute, 1-4.5 cm long, 1-5 mm wide, glandular-scabrous, dark-green, with recurred margins.

Capitula solitary, terminal on leafy branches; involucre hemispherical, becoming radiate, 7-10 mm long, 10-12-seriate; outer bracts with dark-red acuminate lanceolate laminae on successively longer white-woolly claws; intermediate bracts with reflexed white or pinkish broad-ovate acuminate laminae 2-4 mm long on linear claws; innermost bracts with reduced obtuse laminae on scarious-winged glandular claws; receptacle slightly convex; florets numerous; corollas golden-yellow, exserted.

Achenes truncate-fusiform, 1.5-2 mm long, glabrous, shiny; pappus bristles 8-12, connate, 5-6 mm long, plumose from the base with coarser barbs at the apex, persistent.

Distribution:  On sand and sandstone outcrops.   W.Aust.; N.T. Conservation status: native Flowering time: Aug. — Nov.

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

Biology: No text

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