Stud. Calend. 1: 374 (1943) APNI
Taxonomic status:Accepted
Occurrence status:Present
Establishment means:Introduced
Shrubs to c. 2 m high, young growth cobwebby. Leaves with lamina obovate to broadly obovate or elliptic to broadly elliptic, 2–6 cm long, 1–5.5 cm wide, entire or toothed, glabrous to cottony or woolly, somewhat leathery, midrib prominent. Capitula 3–12 per inflorescence; involucral bracts c. 3–5 mm long; ray florets 4–13 per capitulum, the yellow lamina 7–14 mm long. Fruit globose, c. 8 mm long, smooth, finally dark-purple or black.
*Brid, *CVU, *DunT, *EGL, *EGU, *GipP, *Glep, *Gold, *HSF, *LoM, *MonT, *MuM, *OtP, *OtR, *Strz, *VRiv, *VVP, *WaP, *Wim.
Chrysanthemoides monilifera has been targeted for biological control, with beetles of the genus Chrysolina and a geometrid moth having been released. 6 subspecies, 2 naturalised in Australia.
Bioregion | Occurrence status | Establishment means | |
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Lowan Mallee | present | naturalised | |
Murray Mallee | present | naturalised | |
Wimmera | present | naturalised | |
Glenelg Plain | present | naturalised | |
Bridgewater | present | introduced | |
Victorian Volcanic Plain | present | naturalised | |
Victorian Riverina | present | introduced | |
Gippsland Plain | present | naturalised | |
Otway Plain | present | naturalised | |
Warrnambool Plain | present | naturalised | |
Goldfields | present | naturalised | |
Central Victorian Uplands | present | naturalised | |
Dundas Tablelands | present | introduced | |
East Gippsland Lowlands | present | naturalised | |
East Gippsland Uplands | present | introduced | |
Highlands-Southern Fall | present | naturalised | |
Otway Ranges | present | naturalised | |
Strzelecki Ranges | present | introduced | |
Monaro Tablelands | present | introduced |
State |
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Western Australia |
South Australia |
Queensland |
New South Wales |
Australian Capital Territory |
Victoria |
Tasmania |