Sparsely hispid to glabrescent, erect annual to 60 cm high. Leaves lanceolate to ovate, 1–6 cm long, 0.5–4 cm wide, margins entire to serrate; petiole to 2 cm long. Capitula 4–7 mm diam.; peduncles with glandular and simple hairs; involucral bracts ovate, c. glabrous, margins ciliate to lacerate; outer involucral bracts 2 or 3, 1–2 mm long; inner involucral bracts 5, 2–4 mm long; receptacle scales 2–3 mm long. Ray florets 5, white, ligules c. 1 mm long; disc florets numerous, yellow. Cypselas sparsely pubescent, black; ray cypselas c. 2 mm long, pappus of minute bristles or absent; disc cypselas 1.5–1.8 mm long, pappus 1–1.5 mm long, of fimbriate scales. Flowers most of the year.
MuM, VVP, MuF, GipP, NIS, EGL, HSF. Also naturalised WA, SA, Qld, NSW, ACT, Tas. Native to South America. A weed of agricultural land as well as gardens, wasteland and other disturbed sites in urban areas.
Source:
Jeanes, J.A. (1999). Asteraceae. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J., Flora of Victoria Vol. 4, Cornaceae to Asteraceae, pp. 652–666. Inkata Press, Melbourne.
