Sp. Pl. 123 (1753) APNI
Taxonomic status:Accepted
Occurrence status:Present
Establishment means:Naturalised
Herb to 30 cm high, often greyish-green in appearance; stems villous with long spreading hairs. Leaves fan-shaped, 5–12-lobed (occasionally lobes grouped in 3s or 4s), 5–15 mm long, 4–8 mm wide; lamina with white spreading hairs; petiole conspicuous; stipules bowl-shaped, 2.5–4 mm wide, divided to midway into c. 8 triangular lobes, veins inconspicuous, hairs scattered, long and spreading, mainly along margins. Flowers in clusters of 5–7. Sepals 4, triangular, 0.3–0.4 mm long, often with long spreading hairs at apex, but the remainder almost without hairs; hypanthium urceolate to elliptic, distinctly 5–10-ribbed, hairs white bristly to spreading, longer hairs chiefly near ribs, 1.5–2(–2.5) mm long. Fruiting hypanthium green to light brown. Flowers (Oct.–)Nov.–Jan.(–Mar.).
*Brid, *CVU, *DunT, *EGL, *EGU, *GipP, *Glep, *Gold, *HNF, *HSF, *LoM, *MuF, *NIS, *OtP, *SnM, *Strz, *VAlp, *VRiv, *VVP, *WaP, *WPro. Also naturalised WA, SA, NSW, ACT, Tas. Native to Europe. Occurs in disturbed sites in eucalypt woodlands and open-forests in wetter areas of the State.
Bioregion | Occurrence status | Establishment means | |
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Lowan Mallee | present | naturalised | |
Glenelg Plain | present | naturalised | |
Bridgewater | present | introduced | |
Victorian Volcanic Plain | present | naturalised | |
Victorian Riverina | present | naturalised | |
Murray Fans | present | naturalised | |
Gippsland Plain | present | naturalised | |
Otway Plain | present | introduced | |
Warrnambool Plain | present | naturalised | |
Goldfields | present | naturalised | |
Central Victorian Uplands | present | naturalised | |
Dundas Tablelands | present | naturalised | |
Northern Inland Slopes | present | naturalised | |
East Gippsland Lowlands | present | introduced | |
East Gippsland Uplands | present | naturalised | |
Wilsons Promontory | present | naturalised | |
Highlands-Southern Fall | present | naturalised | |
Highlands-Northern Fall | present | naturalised | |
Strzelecki Ranges | present | naturalised | |
Victorian Alps | present | naturalised | |
Snowy Mountains | present | naturalised |
State |
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Western Australia |
South Australia |
New South Wales |
Australian Capital Territory |
Victoria |
Tasmania |