Citation: Paul G. Wilson, Fl. Aust. 4:329 (1984).

Synonymy: Bassia quinquecuspis (F. Muell.)F. Muell. var. lanata Ising, Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. 88:97 (1964); S. muricata (Moq.)Domin var. lanata (Ising) A.J. Scott, Reprium nov. Spec. Regni veg. 89:113 (1978).

Common name: None

Description:
Divaricately branched perennial to 30 cm high; branches velvety-tomentose; leaves slender and semiterete, 5-15 mm long, spreading, villous.

Flowers solitary; perianth woolly, 4-lobed; stamens 4.

Fruiting perianth moderately to densely woolly; tube very shortly cylindrical, c. 2 mm high and c. 3 mm wide, divaricate or slightly ascending; base slightly oblique to horizontal; attachment broadly elliptic, c. 3-5 mm long, slightly concave; apex slightly convex; spines 3 d- 2, spreading, the 3 longer c. 5-8 mm long, the radicular pair to 5 mm long with 1 longer than the other; seed horizontal.

	Sclerolaena deserticola fruit
Image source: fig. 169n in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).

Distribution:  S.Aust.: NW, LE, FR, EA.   W.Aust.; N.T. Conservation status: native Flowering time: Flowers and/or fruits: all months.

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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