Prodr. 6: 193 (1838) APNI
Taxonomic status:Accepted
Occurrence status:Present
Establishment means:Native
Erect or ascending perennial herb 15–50 cm high, with woody rhizome or rootstock; stems sparsely to densely woolly, with scattered, inconspicuous, glandular hairs. Leaves linear to narrow-oblong, 1.5–5 cm long, 1–10 mm wide, acute to obtuse, mucronate, upper surface green, scabrous and sparsely cobwebbed to glabrescent, lower surface grey- or white-tomentose to woolly, margins recurved. Capitula terminal, usually solitary or 2 or 3 in leafy corymbs, c. hemispherical, 2.5–3.5 cm diam.; involucre c. 10-seriate; bracts white, often tinged pink in bud, woolly toward base; intermediate bracts lanceolate, 10–20 mm long, acute to acuminate, with herbaceous claws. Florets all bisexual. Cypselas 2–3 mm long, 4-angled, glabrous, brown; pappus bristles 80–100, c. free, 6–10 mm long, white, falling in groups. Flowers spring and summer.
Brid, CVU, EGL, EGU, GipP, Glep, Gold, GGr, HFE, HNF, HSF, LoM, MonT, MuF, MuM, NIS, OtP, OtR, VAlp, VRiv, VVP, WaP, WPro, Wim. Also WA, SA, NSW, ACT, Tas. Widespread and often locally common throughout much of the state in a variety of habitats.
Bioregion | Occurrence status | Establishment means | |
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Lowan Mallee | present | native | |
Murray Mallee | present | native | |
Wimmera | present | native | |
Glenelg Plain | present | native | |
Bridgewater | present | native | |
Victorian Volcanic Plain | present | native | |
Victorian Riverina | present | native | |
Murray Fans | present | native | |
Gippsland Plain | present | native | |
Otway Plain | present | native | |
Warrnambool Plain | present | native | |
Goldfields | present | native | |
Central Victorian Uplands | present | native | |
Greater Grampians | present | native | |
Northern Inland Slopes | present | native | |
East Gippsland Lowlands | present | native | |
East Gippsland Uplands | present | native | |
Wilsons Promontory | present | native | |
Highlands-Southern Fall | present | native | |
Highlands-Northern Fall | present | native | |
Otway Ranges | present | native | |
Monaro Tablelands | present | native | |
Highlands-Far East | present | native | |
Victorian Alps | present | native |
State |
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Western Australia |
South Australia |
New South Wales |
Australian Capital Territory |
Victoria |
Tasmania |