Citation: M. Lawr., J. Adelaide Bot. Gard 7:291 (1985).

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: Shrubby groundsel.

Description:
Leaves serrate, the teeth often again serrulate, usually with 1 or 2 short teeth at the stem or with small toothed auricles on the leaves towards the inflorescence, oblanceolate, commonly 3-6 times longer than broad; at least the youngest shoots and often the involucres and axillary stems with a fine white tomentum of minute crisped hairs; leaves of older branches glabrescent or sometimes tomentose.

Involucral bracts 3-4 mm long.

Published illustration: Cunningham et al. (1982) Plants of western New South Wales, p. 675.

Distribution:  Confined to drier inland areas of Australia. Most frequent near river beds, dams and temporary water catchment areas, on sand or clay, less frequent on hillsides or open stony plains.   W.Aust.; N.T.; Qld; N.S.W. Flowering time: mainly April — Dec.

Biology: Forms intermediate between var. cunninghamii and var. serratus sometimes occur in the southern Flinders Ranges and northern Mount Lofty regions. They commonly have short revolute leaves on branched woody stems, such as occur on the few var. cunninghamii collections from Yorke Peninsula, but. also have some minute crisped hairs on the involucre and young shoots.

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