Cotula vulgaris var. australasica

Annual herb to 20 cm high, erect or ascending; stems sparsely branched, glabrous or glabrescent. Leaves narrow-linear to filiform, 1–4 cm long, to c. 1 mm wide, sheathing at base, entire, glabrous except for hairs on base. Capitula 3–5 mm diam., terminal and axillary; peduncles 2–6 cm long, erect, filiform, often sparsely pubescent; involucral bracts 5–8, suborbicular, 2–5 mm long, glabrous. Female florets 1-seriate or absent, corolla absent; bisexual florets numerous, corolla c. 1 mm long. Cypselas of female florets (if present) oblong, c. 1.5 mm long, flat, broadly winged; cypselas of bisexual florets oblong, c. 1.5 mm long, plano-convex, smooth, wingless.  Flowers Aug.–Dec.