Citation: N. Burb., Brunonia 5:54 (1982).

Synonymy: Eurybiopsis gracilis Hook. f., J. Bot.(Hooker) 6:110 (1847); V. triloba (Gaudich.)DC. var. lanuginosa J. Black, Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. 52:229 (1928); V. cuneata sensu N. Burb., Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 93:439 (1969), non DC.

Common name: Woolly New Holland daisy.

Description:
Perennial subshrub 10-40 cm high; stems erect, branched, produced annually from a woody stock; vestiture of fine white tomentum, dense on stem, less so on leaves, glandular hairs present; leaves flat to conduplicate, linear or narrowly lanceolate to spathulate, attenuate at the base, 1-4 cm long, 2-7 mm wide, entire, apices obtuse.

Involucres 7-8 mm long, bracts linear to narrowly elliptic, acute, tomentose; ray florets 2- or 3-seriate, purple.

Achene flattened, oblanceolate, 4.5-6 mm long; marginal ridges pubescent; faces with ribs all extending to the summit, densely pubescent with fine nonglandular and glandular hairs; pappus bristles multisetlate, barbellate, 5-7 mm long.

Distribution:  S.Aust.: NW, FR, EA, EP, NL, MU, YP, SL, KI, SE.   W.Aust.; 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

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