Citation: F. Muell., Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. 4:112 (1881).

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: None

Description:
Perennial herb or undershrub 10-50 cm high; stems erect, branched, glabrous, rigid, becoming woody at the base; radical leaves absent; cauline leaves sessile, oblanceolate to obovate, 1.5-5 cm long, 6-18 mm wide, regularly serrate, the lower ones narrowed at the base, the upper ones subamplexicaul, glabrous, often minutely glandular.

Capitula in loose terminal corymb-like cymes of 3-7, c. 1.5 cm diam.; receptacle conical, naked; involucral bracts 15-20, lanceolate, acuminate, 4-5.5 mm long, minutely glandular and pubescent; ray florets c. 30, 2- or 3-seriate; ligules oblong, c. 5 mm long, yellow.

Achenes c. 2 mm long, slightly tuberculate, glabrous, wingless, pappus an entire scarious collar c. 0.5 mm long, inflexed at the summit, sometimes with a short smooth awn arising from the margin; disk florets sterile.

Distribution:  On dunes, creek banks and disturbed ground. S.Aust.: NW, LE.   N.T. Conservation status: native Flowering time: Aug. — Oct.

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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