Citation: F. Muell., Rep. Babbage Exped. 1858 12 (1859) var. tetranthera.

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: Pink plains-bush.

Description:
Shrub to 1.2 m high; stems erect, terete, scabrous-pubescent and glandular, woody; leaves obovate, narrowed at the base, obtuse, 1-3 cm long, 4-15 mm wide, denticulate, pubescent and glandular to subglabrous.

Capitula numerous in dense leafless cymes on leafy branchlets forming a loose panicle; involucres ovoid; bracts 4-5-seriate, ovate to lanceolate, 2-6 mm long, the outer ones pubescent and glandular, the inner ones glabrous and mostly scarious, purple-tinted; female florets 25-40; corollas 3-toothed, pink.

Achenes c. 0.8 mm long, sparsely pubescent, brown; pappus bristles 7-15, c. 3 mm long, microscopically barbellate; disk florets 3-6, exceeding the female florets; corollas 4-toothed, pink; style deeply divided.

Published illustration: Cunningham et al. (1982) Plants of western New South Wales, p. 684.

Distribution:  On low-lying sites and depressions between dunes.   N.T.; Qld; N.S.W. Conservation status: native Flowering time: Aug. — Sept.

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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