Citation: Turcz., Bull.Soc. Nat. Mosc. 24:69 (1851).

Synonymy: Diotosperma drummondii

Common name: Wingwort.

Description:
Annual or ephemeral herb 6-15 cm high; stems several, ascending, unbranched or few-branched, terete, pubescent; basal leaves oblanceolate, attenuate at the base, 6-18 mm long, 1.5-4 mm wide, entire, pubescent with a prominent mid-vein; cauline leaves oblanceolate to oblong, acute, 3-10 mm long, 1-3 mm wide, entire, pubescent.

Flowering capitula to 2 mm diam., yellow; involucral bracts 3-5, ovate, equal, c. 2 mm long, acute, pubescent, ciliate; female florets 3-5.

Achenes linear, 4-5 mm long, greenish to brown, pubescent; appendages 2, divergent, oblong, curved, ciliate with 2-hooked hairs; inner florets 3 or 4.

Distribution:  On sandhills. S.Aust.: GT, EP.   W.Aust.; Qld; N.S.W.; Vic. Conservation status: native Flowering time: Sept. — Nov.

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

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