Vittadinia cervicularis

Annual or perennial, 10–40 cm high; stems branched above base, leafy throughout; stems, leaves and involucral bracts with moderately dense, subapressed or spreading simple hairs and minute glandular hairs (or bracts sometimes glabrescent). Leaves narrowly oblanceolate to obovate or spathulate, c. 10–30 mm long, 1–10 mm wide, often conduplicate, entire or with 1 or 2 pairs of teeth or short lobes above midway; apex obtuse to acute, often recurved. Involucral bracts linear, the longest 8–12 mm long; ray florets purple to whitish, ligules 1–3.5 mm long. Cypsela oblanceolate, sometimes with a narrow subapical neck, 6–10 mm long, flattened, margins strongly thickened, faces with 2–6 ribs, at least some uniting with marginal ribs and/or each other near the apex, hairs scattered, sometimes sparse near base, simple or minutely bilobed apically, sessile or shortly stalked glands present at least near apex; pappus bristles barbellate, the longest 6.5–10 mm long. Flowers mainly Sep.–Dec.