Citation: R. Anderson, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 51:382 (1926).

Synonymy: Chenolea tricornis Benth., Fl. Aust. 5:190 (1870); Bassia tricornis (Benth.)F. Muell., Syst. Census Aust. Pl. 30 (1882).

Common name: Goat-head, soft horns.

Description:
Erect shrub to 80 cm high; branches slender, densely white-woolly; leaves slender, semiterete, acute, 5-15 mm long, spreading, with recurved tips, densely white- or pale-brown-villous.

Flowers solitary, woolly.

Fruiting perianth densely woolly; processes 3 (rarely 4), subcylindrical, 3.5-6 mm long, forming a Y configuration.

	Malacocera tricornis twig, fruiting perianth and seed.
Image source: fig. 161d in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).

Published illustration: R.J. Chinnock (1980) J. Adelaide Bot. Gard. 2:144.

Distribution:  S.Aust.: LE, GT, FR, EA, EP, MU.   W.Aust.; N.T.; Qld; N.S.W.; Vic. Conservation status: native Flowering time: Flowers and/or fruits: July — Dec.

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

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