Flora of Victoria

Erect or ascending herb to 60 cm high, often clump-forming. Lower leaves crowded, oblanceolate to elliptic, 5–10 cm long, 1.5–3.5 cm wide, acute or obtuse, margins entire to shallowly sinuate and toothed; upper leaves elliptic to lanceolate in outline, 5–20 cm long, 1.5–6 cm wide, acute, base auriculate, margins sinuate to pinnatisect, toothed. Capitula 1–2 cm diam.; involucral bracts to c. 20 mm long; outer bracts with a row of fleshy spines near base. Ligules 6–10 mm long. Cypselas 4–8 mm long, glabrous; pappus 7–13 mm long. Flowers mainly Sep.–Mar.

Brid, EGL, GipP, Glep, OtP, OtR, Strz, VVP, WaP, WPro. Also WA, SA, Qld, NSW, Tas. Locally common on dunes and cliffs of exposed coasts.

Created by: Daniel Ohlsen, 2016-08-04

Updated by: Val Stajsic, 2019-02-12

life Life

kingdom Plantae

phylum Tracheophyta

class Magnoliopsida

superorder Asteranae

order Asterales

family Asteraceae

genus Actites

Higher taxa

species Actites megalocarpus (Hook.f.) Lander

Victoria

**Source:** AVH (2014). *Australia's Virtual Herbarium*, Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria, <http://avh.chah.org.au>. Find Actites megalocarpus in AVH ; *Victorian Biodiversity Atlas*, © The State of Victoria, Department of Environment and Primary Industries (published Dec. 2014) Find Actites megalocarpus in Victorian Biodiversity Atlas

Bioregion	Occurrence status	Establishment means
Glenelg Plain	present	native
Bridgewater	present	native
Victorian Volcanic Plain	present	native
Gippsland Plain	present	native
Otway Plain	present	native
Warrnambool Plain	present	native
East Gippsland Lowlands	present	native
Wilsons Promontory	present	native
Otway Ranges	present	native
Strzelecki Ranges	present	native

Bioregions of Victoria

State distribution

State
Western Australia
South Australia
Queensland
New South Wales
Australian Capital Territory
Victoria
Tasmania

Actites megalocarpus (Hook.f.) Lander

Dune Thistle

Victoria

State distribution