Family: Asteraceae
Vittadinia pustulata
Citation:
N. Burb., Brunonia 5:32 (1982).
Synonymy: Not Applicable Common name: None
Description:
Annual herb, sometimes persisting as an undershrub, 10-30 cm high; stems erect, branched; vestiture hirsute, glandular hairs present; leaves subconduplicate, oblanceolate, attenuate at the base, 0.8-2 cm long, 1-7 mm wide, entire or with 1-3 small teeth; apices obtuse.
Involucres c. 6 mm long; bracts narrowly elliptic, acute, ciliate at the apex; ray florets 2-seriate.
Achene 2.5-4 mm long, slightly flattened, 4-lobed in section, often asymmetric with 1 or more prominent pustules near the base, with appressed non-glandular hairs; marginal ridges and facial ribs lacking; pappus bristles multiseriate, barbellate, 5-7 mm long.
Distribution:
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S.Aust.: NW. W.Aust.; N.T.; Qld; N.S.W.
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Conservation status:
native
Flowering time: Sept.
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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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