Family: Asteraceae
Minuria denticulata
Citation:
Benth., Fl. Aust. 3:499 (1867).
Synonymy: Therogeron denticulatum DC., Prod. 5:283 (1836); M. candollei F. Muell., Fragm. Phyt. Aust. 9:119 (1875), partly.
Common name: Woolly minuria.
Description:
Perennial 10-35 cm high; stems ascending, herbaceous, slightly woody at the base, tomentose with fine white tangled hairs or glabrescent; leaves linear to oblanceolate, usually dentate with a few remote teeth, 1.5-4.5 cm long, 1-5 mm wide, glabrous to pubescent.
Peduncles with reduced leaves, tomentose to glabrescent; capitula solitary or few together in corymbs, 10-15 mm diam.; involucral bracts 2-4 mm long, fimbriate at the apex; receptacle convex; ligules broadly linear, 2-3 mm long, white to lavender.
Published illustration:
Cunningham et al. (1982) Plants of western New South Wales, p. 646.
Distribution:
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Mainly in arid shrubland on temporarily wet sites.
S.Aust.: NW, LE, NU, GT, FR, EA, EP, MU. W.Aust.; N.T.; Qld; N.S.W.; Vic.
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Conservation status:
native
Flowering time: March — Oct.
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SA Distribution Map based
on current data relating to
specimens held in the
State Herbarium of South Australia
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Biology:
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Author:
Not yet available
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