Citation: D. Cooke, J. Adelaide Bot. Gard. 7:284 (1985).

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: None

Description:
Spreading annual herb to 8 cm high; stems usually several, ascending, with erect branches, pubescent; leaves all alternate, linear to narrowly oblanceolate, erect, glandular-subacute, 3.5-22 mm long, 0.7-1.2 mm wide, entire, green and glandular-pubescent on both sides.

Peduncles erect, 7-25, rarely 4 mm long, densely pubescent with both minute glandular and longer lax nonglandular hairs; involucre cup-shaped, 3-4 mm long; bracts 6-8, rarely 10, almost free, elliptic to oblanceolate, with acute hyaline apices; florets 10-20, all 5-merous; corolla bright-yellow; tube 2-2.4 mm long; lobes spreading, acute, c. 0.75 mm long; anthers c. 1.2 mm long.

Achene narrowly cylindrical, truncate at the base, c. 3 mm long, smooth, sparsely glandular, black when ripe; achene cup c. 0.5 mm long, c. 0.8 mm diam., with an entire incurved rim.

Distribution:  Occurs on sand dunes.   W.Aust. Conservation status: native Flowering time: mainly July — Aug.

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

Biology: No text

Author: Not yet available