Citation: Guillaumin, Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. 84:56 (1937).

Synonymy: Monenteles serrulatus Montr., Mém. Acad. Imper. Lyon 10:225 (1860); M. glandulosus F. Muell. ex Benth., Fl. Aust. 3:523 (1867); P. glandulosum (F. Muell. ex Benth.) Benth. & Hook. f. ex F. Muell., Syst. Census Aust. P[. 79 (1882); P. glandulosum (F. Muell. ex Benth.) Benth. & Hook. f. ex F. Muell. var. velutinum Ewart & O.B. Davies, Fl. North. Terr. 277 (1917); P. serrulatutn (Montr.) Guillaumin var. velutinum (Ewart & O.B. Davies) Guillaumin, Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. 84:57 (1937).

Common name: None

Description:
Strongly scented herbaceous or suffruticose perennial 40-90 cm high, with dense to sparse woolly non-glandular hairs obscuring short capitate glandular hairs, especially on young growth; stems erect, with prominent serrulate wings 1-3 mm wide; leaves lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, acute to subacute, 3-5 cm long, 8-20 mm wide, prominently veined, rugose, green and hairy on both surfaces, serrulate.

Inflorescences ellipsoid to obovoid, 2-3.5 cm long, 1.2-1.5 cm diam.; involucres c. 4 mm long; outer bracts uniseriate, glandular, sparsely woolly at the apex; inner bracts c. 3-seriate, unequal, 2-4 mm long, torn-ciliate, glabrous, whitish; female florets 20-30; corollas purple to pink.

Achenes fusiform, c. 1 mm long, c. 4-ribbed, chestnut-brown; pappus bristles 20-25, 2-3 mm long.

Distribution:  In various habitats.   W.Aust.; N.T.; Qld.   New Caledonia. Conservation status: native Flowering time: May — Aug.

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

Biology: The var. velutinum differs from typical material only in the greater quantity of woolly hairs, a character which appears to vary continuously in Australian material; accordingly, the species is not divided into varieties in this treatment.

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