Ann. Nat. Hist. 3: 33 (1839) APNI
Taxonomic status:Accepted
Occurrence status:Present
Establishment means:Native
Erect perennial herb 20–140 cm high, with numerous leafy stolons from base; stems exfoliating and often woody near base, covered with dense, long, spreading hairs and usually also with erect and glandular hairs. Leaves usually alternate, linear to narrowly lanceolate, 1.5–8 cm long, 2–10 mm wide, sessile, margins sometimes undulate with distinct sparse teeth, often on distal parts only. Flowers with a conspicuous ring of long hairs inside the hypanthium; sepals linear to linear-lanceolate, 3–5 mm long; petals white or purplish-pink, 3–8 mm long. Capsule 3.5–6 cm long, densely pubescent, with a mixture of long spreading hairs and short glandular hairs; pedicel to 1.5 cm long; seeds 0.9–1.1 mm long, papillose, comose. Flowers mainly Oct.–Apr.
CVU, DunT, EGL, EGU, GipP, Glep, Gold, GGr, HNF, HSF, LoM, MonT, MuF, MuM, NIS, OtP, OtR, SnM, Strz, VAlp, VRiv, VVP, WaP, Wim. Also WA, SA, Qld, NSW, Tas. New Zealand, Indonesia, South America. Widespread throughout much of Victoria, weedy and invasive in urban areas and along roadsides. .
Bioregion | Occurrence status | Establishment means | |
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Lowan Mallee | present | native | |
Murray Mallee | present | native | |
Wimmera | present | native | |
Glenelg Plain | present | native | |
Victorian Volcanic Plain | present | native | |
Victorian Riverina | present | native | |
Murray Fans | present | native | |
Gippsland Plain | present | native | |
Otway Plain | present | native | |
Warrnambool Plain | present | native | |
Goldfields | present | native | |
Central Victorian Uplands | present | native | |
Greater Grampians | present | native | |
Dundas Tablelands | present | native | |
Northern Inland Slopes | present | native | |
East Gippsland Lowlands | present | native | |
East Gippsland Uplands | present | native | |
Highlands-Southern Fall | present | native | |
Highlands-Northern Fall | present | native | |
Otway Ranges | present | native | |
Strzelecki Ranges | present | native | |
Monaro Tablelands | present | native | |
Victorian Alps | present | native | |
Snowy Mountains | present | native |
State |
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Western Australia |
South Australia |
Queensland |
New South Wales |
Australian Capital Territory |
Victoria |
Tasmania |