Vittadinia tenuissima

Perennial subshrub, 10–30 cm high; young stems with scattered to mid-dense subappressed, eglandular simple hairs. Leaves filiform to narrow-linear, 12–50 mm long, c. 0.5 mm wide, grooved above, surfaces with scattered subappressed simple hairs or subglabrous; apex acute. Involucral bracts oblong, the longest 5–6.5 mm long, glabrous except for shortly ciliate margins and/or apices; ray florets pink to mauve, ligules 1–2 mm long. Cypsela narrowly cuneate, 3–4.5 mm long, flattened, marginal ribs glabrous or with a few subapical hairs, facial ribs continuing to summit, ribs (and sometimes grooves) with short subclavate hairs in upper half, glabrous below except for callus tuft, glands absent; pappus bristles barbellate, the longest 4.5–6.5 mm long.