Citation: R. Br., Edwards' Bot. Reg. 6:504 (1820).

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: Purple (or blue) burr-daisy. (I11. Cunningham et al. (1982) Plants of western New South Wales, p. 658.)

Description:
Perennial herb 10-60 cm high; stems erect to prostrate, sparsely branched, pubescent, becoming woody at the base; radical leaves petiolate, soon withering; cauline leaves sessile, cuneate to spathulate, 1.5-4 cm long, 0.6-2 cm wide, abruptly expanded and amplexicaul at the base, 3-11-toothed at the apex, scabrous-pubescent.

Capitula solitary or in loose terminal leaty cymes of 2 or 3, radiate, 1-2 cm diam.; receptacle conical, 1-2 mm diam., naked; involucral bracts 15-30, lanceolate, acuminate, 3-5 mm long, glandular-pubescent; ray florets 30-45, 2- or 3- seriate; ligules oblong, 3-9 mm long, white to mauve.

Achenes 0.8-1.6 mm long, glabrous, wingless, with narrow marginal ridges; pappus of 2-4 straight rigid awns barbed distally, and 2-4 smooth inflexed scales broader than long; disk florets sterile.

Distribution:  Occurs mainly on river floodplains. S.Aust.: MU, SL.   W.Aust.; N.T.; Qld; N.S.W.; Vic. 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

Biology: No text

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