Citation: N. Burb., Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 93:442 (1969).

Synonymy: V. tenuissima sensu J. Black, Fl. S. Aust. 865 (1957), non J. Black, Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. 52:229 (1928). , Eurybiopsis hookeri

Common name: Western New Holland daisy.

Description:
Perennial undershrub 10-30 cm high; stems becoming decumbent with erect branches; vestiture sparse, of non-glandular and glandular hairs; leaves terete, channelled, linear, 1-2 cm long, up to 1 mm wide, straight, lustrous.

Involucres 7-9 mm long; bracts narrow-elliptic, acute to obtuse, with margins ciliate near the apex; ray florets 2-seriate, violet.

Achene flattened, narrow-cuneate, 4.5-5.5 mm long; marginal ridges glabrous; faces with ribs all extending to the summit, with short entire clavate hairs in the upper half; pappus bristles multisedate, smooth near the base, barbellate distally, 5-6 mm long.

Published illustration: Cunningham et al. (1982) Plants of western New South Wales, p. 660.

Distribution:  In woodland, mallee and cleared land on clay or limestone. S.Aust.: LE, FR, EA, EP, NL, MU, YP, SL, SE.   W.Aust. 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

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