Trachymene pilosa
Sm. Dwarf TrachymeneAscending to erect, pilose annual to c. 20 cm high; hairs often minutely gland-tipped. Leaves basal and cauline, ternately dissected (parsley-like), primary lobes 8–20 mm long, each usually further 3–7-toothed or lobed; petioles mostly subequal to or longer than lamina. Umbels (1–)few, cymosely arranged, 6–12-flowered; peduncle 8–30 mm long (to 45 mm in fruit); involucral bracts 5–8, c. elliptic, 1.5–3 mm long, ciliate; pedicels shorter than bracts (or slightly exceeding them in fruit). Petals obovate or orbicular, 0.5–1 mm long, white to pale pink; stamens and styles subequal to or shortly exceeding petals. Mericarps 2–2.5 mm long, 1.5–2 mm wide, the outer of each pair hispid with barbellate bristles, the inner one glabrous but granular and usually rugose, both usually equally developed Flowers Sep.–Nov.
LoM, MuM, Wim, RobP, GipP, GGr. Also WA, SA. Occasional in mallee, broombrush scrubs and heath communities of the north-west, Little Desert, Mt Arapiles and northern Grampians, sometimes growing with T. cyanopetala.
Walsh, N.G.; Borre, A. van den (1999). Trachymene. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J., Flora of Victoria Vol. 4, Cornaceae to Asteraceae, pp. 283–286. Inkata Press, Melbourne.