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Electronic Flora of South Australia species Fact Sheet

Vittadinia australasica

Citation: N. Burb., Brunonia 5:42 (1982).

Synonymy: Diplopappus australasicus Turcz., Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 24:171 (1851); V. triloba sensu J. Black, Fl. S. Aust. 595 (1929), partly, non DC.

Common name: None

Description:
Vestiture sparsely hirsute on leaves only, with numerous prominent glandular hairs scattered over the whole plant.

Involucre 5.5-7.5 mm long; bracts oblong to narrowly elliptic, acute to acuminate, with the margins ciliate near the apex; ray florets 2- or 3-seriate, white to mauve.

Achene flattened, narrowly cuneate, 3-4.5 mm long; marginal ridges glabrous except near the summit; faces with ribs all extending to the summit, glabrous in the lower half with non-glandular hairs in the upper half; pappus bristles multisetlate, barbellate, 6-7 mm long.

Distribution:  In woodland, mallee and cleared land.

  W.Aust.; N.S.W.; Vic.

Conservation status: native

Flowering time: most of the year.


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