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Family: Asteraceae
Cotula reptans

Citation: Benth., Fl. Aust. 3:551 (1867).

Synonymy: Strongylosperma reptans Benth. in Endl., Enum. Pl. Hügel 60 (1837).

Common name: Creeping cotula.

Description:
Creeping perennial to 5 cm high; stems stolon-like, filiform, slightly pubescent; leaves basal in groups at the nodes, erect, petiolate, oblanceolate, pinnate with leaflets deeply 3-7-lobed, 1-4.5 cm long, very sparsely pubescent.

Peduncles erect, filiform, 1.5-5 cm long, exceeding the leaves; capitula heterogamous, 4-7 mm diam.; involucral bracts 5-7, broadly ovate to orbicular, glandular; receptacle conical; female florets 3- or 4-seriate, sessile; corollas short, conical, swollen at the base.

Achenes flat, oblong, c. 1 mm long, with a thickened narrow wing; inner florets 15-25, sterile, sessile; corollas yellow; achenes abortive.

Distribution:  On marshy ground near the coast.

  N.S.W.; Vic.; Tas.

Conservation status: native

Flowering time: Aug. — Nov.


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