Citation: L. Adams, Brunonia 2:58 (1979).

Synonymy: S. emphysopus sensu Tate, Hdbk Fl. Extratrop. S. Aust. 239 (1890), non F. Muell.; S. bellioides Cass. var. gunnii sensu J. Black, Fl. S. Aust. 849 (1957), non G.L. Davis.

Common name: None

Description:
Leaves oblanceolate, 3-6 cm long, 6-15 mm wide, puberulent to glabrous; margins ciliate near the base, serrate to crenate distally.

Scapes robust, glabrous, much shorter than the leaves at flowering time, accrescent to 2-6 cm, with 2-4 scale leaves; involucral bracts broad-oblanceolate to oblong, 2-3 mm long, puberulent to glabrous, often magenta-tinged; margins erose, hyaline; outer florets 35-60, c. 1 mm long, obliquely truncate or with 1-3 unequal lobes, greenish or magenta-tinged; disk florets 10-14, c. 2 mm long, white or greenish.

Achenes 2-2.5 mm long, brown, glabrous.

Distribution:  In dry open forest and unsown pasture; also a weed in lawns. S.Aust.: EP, NL, MU, SL, KI, SE.   Qld; N.S.W.; Vic.; Tas. Conservation status: native Flowering time: most of the year.

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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