Linnaea 26: 345 (1854)
Taxonomic status:Accepted
Occurrence status:Present
Establishment means:Native
Shrub or subshrub 0.2–3 m high; stems glabrous or hairy. Leaves opposite, shortly petiolate, linear to oblong-elliptic, 3–75 mm long, 1–12 mm wide, mid green on upper surface, paler below, glabrous. Inflorescence axillary, a head of 2–10 flowers; involucral bracts papery, 2–4 (rarely 6), petiolate, elliptic or narrowly elliptic, mostly 2–7 mm long and 1–3 mm wide, entirely glabrous or hairy outside, brown or green, subtended by minute bracts. Flowers unisexual, white or whitish, hairy outside, glabrous inside; floral tube 2–6 mm long, style-portion of female flowers shorter than ovary-portion; sepals 1–3 mm long; pedicel hairy; stamens shorter than sepals; anthers opening laterally or somewhat laterally. Fruit dry, enclosed or with apex protruding, floral tube circumscissile above ovary or irregularly splitting lower down.
CVU, EGL, EGU, GipP, GGr, HFE, HNF, HSF, MonT, NIS, OtP, OtR, SnM, Strz, VAlp, VRiv, VVP, WPro.
3 subspecies, 2 occurring in Victoria.
Bioregion | Occurrence status | Establishment means | |
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Victorian Volcanic Plain | present | native | |
Victorian Riverina | present | native | |
Gippsland Plain | present | native | |
Otway Plain | present | native | |
Central Victorian Uplands | present | native | |
Greater Grampians | present | native | |
Northern Inland Slopes | present | native | |
East Gippsland Lowlands | present | native | |
East Gippsland Uplands | present | native | |
Wilsons Promontory | present | native | |
Highlands-Southern Fall | present | native | |
Highlands-Northern Fall | present | native | |
Otway Ranges | present | native | |
Strzelecki Ranges | present | native | |
Monaro Tablelands | present | native | |
Highlands-Far East | present | native | |
Victorian Alps | present | native | |
Snowy Mountains | present | native |
State |
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Queensland |
New South Wales |
Australian Capital Territory |
Victoria |
Tasmania |