Jahresber. Pollichia 22- 24: 310 (1866) APNI
Taxonomic status:Accepted
Occurrence status:Present
Establishment means:Native
Threat status:Victoria: vulnerable (v)
Perennial, 5–25(–40) cm high; roots fleshy and fibrous. Leaves linear, 5–25 cm long, 0.5–5 mm wide, entire or rarely with a few distant linear lobes. Capitula 20–30 mm diam.; peduncles to 25 cm long, usually c. as long as leaves; involucral bracts ovate to narrow-lanceolate, 2–17 mm long, acute. Florets 6–20; ligules 10–15 mm long, slightly exceeding involucre. Cypselas mostly 7–10 mm long, whitish, glabrous; pappus of 30–66 barbellate bristles, 7–12 mm long, hardly widened at base. Flowers mainly spring and summer.
CVU, DunT, VVP, Wim. Also Tas. New Zealand. Formerly widespread in moist depressions on the basalt plains of western Victoria, but now very rare due to loss of habitat.
Walsh, N.G. (2016). A name for Murnong (Microseris: Asteraceae: Cichorioideae), Muelleria 34: 63-68.
Bioregion | Occurrence status | Establishment means | |
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Wimmera | present | native | |
Victorian Volcanic Plain | present | native | |
Central Victorian Uplands | present | native | |
Dundas Tablelands | present | native |