Stems and leaves strigose-pubescent, not viscid, glandular hairs often indistinct. Involucral bracts to 6 mm long, with scattered strigose eglandular hairs mixed with short glandular hairs. Flowers Oct.–Dec.
GleP, VVP, RobP, MuF, EGU. Also WA, SA, Tas. In Victoria known from a few sites in the far south-west (e.g. Nelson, Bridgewater Lakes area).
Within south-west Victoria, there is more or less complete intergradation from var. australasica to var. oricola, and as intimated by Burbidge (1982) var. oricola may be of hybrid origin and not deserve taxonomic recognition.
Source:
Walsh, N.G. (1999). Vittadinia. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J., Flora of Victoria Vol. 4, Cornaceae to Asteraceae, pp. 869–877. Inkata Press, Melbourne.
