Citation: J. Black, Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. 45:18 (1921).

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: Anchor burr-daisy.

Description:
Annual herb to 20 cm high; stems erect or ascending, branched, glabrous; radical leaves absent; cauline leaves sessile, broadly linear to oblanceolate, 1-6 cm long, 1-4 mm wide, entire or with a few acute linear lobes, narrowed at the base, very sparsely pubescent.

Capitula solitary or in loose terminal cymes of 2-4, radiate, 1-1.5 cm diam.; receptacle hemispherical, c. 1 mm diam., naked; involucral bracts 18-20, linear to narrowly elliptic, sparsely pubescent, 1.5-3.5 mm long; ray florets 20-30; ligules 7-10 mm long, white.

Achenes 1.5-2 mm long, glabrous; wings curved upwards and outwards like the flukes of an anchor, c. I mm long, ciliate on the margins; pappus of 15-25 awns l-l.7 mm long, rigid, hairy near the base, barbed distally; disk florets sterile.

Distribution:  Occurs on silty sands and loams, mainly on floodplains and stream beds. S.Aust.: LE.   Qld; N.S.W. Conservation status: native Flowering time: June — Sept.

SA Distribution Map based on current data relating to specimens held in the State Herbarium of South Australia

Biology: No text

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