Cymbonotus preissianus
Steetz Austral Bear's-earLeaves ovate, elliptic or oblanceolate, mostly 4–15 cm long, 2–5 cm wide, margins irregularly toothed to pinnatisect, upper surface green, glandular-pubescent, lower surface white-woolly; petiole-like base to 15 cm long. Capitula 8–20 mm diam.; peduncles to 12 cm long; involucral bracts lanceolate to ovate, 5–10 mm long, 3-seriate. Ligules linear, 6–10 mm long. Cypselas obovoid, 3–3.5 mm long, more or less straight, glabrous, dorsally finely transversely ridged and tuberculate, inner face with 2 shallow grooves separated by a wrinkled longitudinal ridge. Flowers throughout the year.
LoM, MuM, Wim, GleP, VVP, VRiv, RobP, MuF, GipP, OtP, WaP, Gold, CVU, GGr, DunT, NIS, EGL, EGU, HSF, HNF, OtR, Strz, MonT, HFE, VAlp. Also WA, SA, NSW, ACT, Tas. Widespread and often locally common throughout much of Victoria, in dryish to moist woodlands and open-forests.
In the absence of cypselas the 2 taxa are difficult to tell apart, although C. lawsonianus is generally smaller in all its parts, has less deeply toothed or lobed leaves and tends to favour drier habitats.
Jeanes, J.A. (1999). Asteraceae. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J., Flora of Victoria Vol. 4, Cornaceae to Asteraceae, pp. 652–666. Inkata Press, Melbourne.
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