Erect, taprooted annual or perennial herb, 20–90 cm high; stems much branched, sometimes viscid. Leaves narrow-linear, mostly 2–14 cm long, 0.5–4.0 mm wide (lower leaves sometimes to 1 cm wide), viscid and papillose, apex acute, margins revolute. Capitula terminal in panicle-like or corymbose inflorescence, 1–3.5 cm diam.; involucral bracts obtuse, 0.3–1.0 cm long, golden-yellow, smooth, apex mucronate; florets yellow, female florets in a single outer series. Cypselas 2–3.5 mm long; pappus yellow, 4–8 mm long. Flowers Sep.–Mar.
MuM, Wim, VVP, VRiv, MuF, GipP, OtP, Gold, CVU, GGr, NIS, EGL, EGU, HSF, HNF, VAlp. Also Qld, NSW, ACT. Locally common in dryish, often rocky areas of the State.
Source:
Flann, C. (1999). Bracteantha. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J., Flora of Victoria Vol. 4, Cornaceae to Asteraceae, pp. 749–752. Inkata Press, Melbourne.
