Citation: L., Sp. Pl. edn 2:1303 (1763).

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: Field marigold:

Description:
Annual herb 5-40 cm high; vestiture glandular-pubescent, often sticky; stems branched, robust, erect to ascending; leaves sessile, lanceolate to oblong, amplexicaul at the base, acute to obtuse, entire or minutely denticulate, 2-6 cm long, 3-18 mm wide, pale-green, pubescent to almost scabrous.

Peduncles leafy; capitula solitary; involucral bracts 2-seriate, 4-8 mm long, acute to acuminate, pubescent, often with dark apices; ray florets 18-30, 2- or 3-seriate; ligules linear, 3-toothed at the apex, 7-10 mm long, yellow; disk florets numerous, yellow.

Fruiting capitulum to 2 cm diam.; achenes of outer series c. 1.5 cm long, prominently beaked, spiny on their back, sometimes with inflated wings; inner achenes more strongly curved, smaller, rugose to muricate.

Published illustration: Cunningham et al. (1982) Plants of western New South Wales, p. 681 .

Distribution:  An uncommon weed of pastures, woodland and wasteland in settled areas. S.Aust.: LE, NU, FR, EA, EP, NL, MU, SL.   Qld; N.S.W.; Vic.; Tas.   Native to southern Europe. Conservation status: native Flowering time: most of the year.

SA Distribution Map based on current data relating to specimens held in the State Herbarium of South Australia

Biology: No text

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