Citation: J.B. Hutch. ex Merxm., Mitt. Bot. Mginchen 6:486 (1967).

Synonymy: Tanacetum suffruticosum L., Sp. Pl. 843 (1753); Matricaria suffruticosa (L.)Druce, Rep. Botl Soc. Exch. Club Br. Isl. 1913, 3:421 (1914).

Common name: Calomba daisy.

Description:
Usually annual to 60 cm high; stems erect, usually unbranched between the base and the inflorescence, striate, sparsely pubescent, becoming woody; leaves oblanceolate, 2-4 cm long, 1-2 cm wide, 2 or 3 times pinnatisect with acute ultimate lobes less than 1 mm wide, grey-green, pubescent with glandular and non-glandular hairs.

Capitula numerous in a dense compound corymb with leafy branches, 4-5 mm diam.; involucres cylindrical, c. 2 mm long; bracts 2-seriate, equal, oblong, greenish, scarious; florets exceeding the involucre, 4-merous, yellow.

Achenes asymmetrically cuneate, c. 2 mm long, ribbed and papillose on the inner face; pappus a scarious crown, irregular, c. 1 mm long, white.

Distribution:  Scattered and localised, but a persistent weed where it occurs.   W.Aust.   Native to South Africa. Conservation status: naturalised Flowering time: Oct. — Nov.

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

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