Bot. Beechey Voy. 368 (1839) APNI
Taxonomic status:Accepted
Occurrence status:Present
Establishment means:Naturalised
Erect, glandular-hairy, odorous annual to c. 60 cm tall. Leaves sessile, ovate to oblong-lanceolate, pinnatisect to bipinnatisect, 15–35 mm long, 10–25 mm wide, lobes narrow, rigid and spine-tipped. Inflorescences dense terminal heads 2–3 cm across, surrounded by spine-tipped leafy bracts. Sepals 5, narrow-lanceolate, 8–12 mm long, teeth about as long as tube, spinose; corolla 5-lobed, 9–12 mm long, broadly funnel-shaped, pale lilac to blue, lobes short, spreading; stamens inserted at c. middle of corolla-tube, anthers included; stigma 3-lobed. Capsule ovoid, 3–4 mm long, 3-celled, remaining enclosed by persistent calyx; seeds numerous. Flowers summer.
*CVU, *GipP, *Gold, *HNF, *NIS, *OtR, *SnM, *VAlp, *VRiv, *VVP. Also naturalised WA, SA, NSW, ACT, Tas. Native to North America. An occasional weed of pasture and disturbed sites, mostly in the north-east (c. Alexandra to Corryong), but also in Kyneton, Trentham, Beaufort, Ararat and Portland areas.
Bioregion | Occurrence status | Establishment means | |
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Victorian Volcanic Plain | present | naturalised | |
Victorian Riverina | present | naturalised | |
Gippsland Plain | present | naturalised | |
Goldfields | present | naturalised | |
Central Victorian Uplands | present | naturalised | |
Northern Inland Slopes | present | naturalised | |
Highlands-Northern Fall | present | naturalised | |
Otway Ranges | present | introduced | |
Victorian Alps | present | naturalised | |
Snowy Mountains | present | naturalised |
State |
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Western Australia |
South Australia |
New South Wales |
Australian Capital Territory |
Victoria |
Tasmania |