Family: Asteraceae
Vittadinia eremaea
Citation:
N. Burb., Brunonia 5:33 (1982).
Synonymy: V. scabra sensu J. Black, Fl. S. Aust. 596 (1929), non DC.
Common name: None
Description:
Annual herb 10-25 cm high; stems erect, few-branched; vestiture scabrid to hirsute, glandular hairs present; leaves narrowly cuneate to broadly oblanceolate, with attenuate bases, 1-3 cm long, 2-10 mm wide, entire or with 1-4 small teeth; apices acute to obtuse.
Involucres 7-9 mm long, bracts linear to narrowly elliptic, acute to acuminate, often purplish and ciliate at the apices; ray florets 2- or 3-seriate, white to mauve, drying pink to purple.
Achene flattened, oblanceolate to spathulate, 5-6.5 mm long; marginal ridges prominent with short appressed hairs; faces smooth, concave with spreading clavate non-glandular hairs; pappus bristles multisetlate, barbellate, 5-6.5 mm long.
Distribution:
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In mulga, mallee and woodland, mainly on sand dunes.
S.Aust.: NW, LE, NU, GT, FR, EA, EP, MU. W.Aust.; N.T.; N.S.W.
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Conservation status:
native
Flowering time: July — Oct.
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SA Distribution Map based
on current data relating to
specimens held in the
State Herbarium of South Australia
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Biology:
No text
Author:
Not yet available
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