Chrysanthemoides monilifera
(L.) Norl.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.
LoM, MuM, Wim, GleP, Brid, VVP, VRiv, RobP, GipP, OtP, WaP, Gold, CVU, GGr, DunT, EGL, EGU, HSF, HNF, OtR, Strz, MonT, VAlp.
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.
Short, P.S. (1999). Chrysanthemoides. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J., Flora of Victoria Vol. 4, Cornaceae to Asteraceae, pp. 830–831. Inkata Press, Melbourne.
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