Citation: F. Muell. ex Benth., Fl. Aust. 3:505 (1867).

Synonymy: C. microcephala F. Muell. ex Benth., Fl. Aust. 3:504 (1867).

Common name: Channel burr-daisy.

Description:
Annual herb to 40 cm high; stems erect or ascending, much-branched, pubescent, often becoming woody at the base; radical leaves petiolate, cuneate, 2-4 cm long, soon withering; cauline leaves sessile, cuneate to narrow-cuneate, 1-4 cm long, 2-10 mm wide, narrow at the base, dentate or lobed near the apex, strigose to pubescent,

Capitula solitary or in loose leafy terminal cymes of 2-8, c. 1 cm diam.; receptacle conical, c. 1.5 mm diam., naked; involucral bracts 25-30, lanceolate, acute, 2.2-3.2 mm long, pubescent; ray florets 55-65, multiseriate; ligules linear, 3-4 mm long, mauve.

Achenes 1.2-1.5 mm long, smooth, with straight simple hairs; wings broad, triangular, c. 0.5 mm long, ciliate on margins; pappus of 6-11 unequal awns, 0.5-1 mm long, rigid, barbed; disk florets sterile.

Published illustration: Cunningham et al. (1982) Plants of western New South Wales, p. 658.

Distribution:  Occurs on alluvial soils of floodplains and stream beds. S.Aust.: NW, LE, GT, FR.   W.Aust.; Qld; N.T.; N.S.W. Conservation status: native Flowering time: June — Dec.

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

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