Citation: Norlindh, Studies in the Calenduleae 1:374 (1943) subsp. monilifera.

Synonymy: Osleospermum moniferum k., Sp. Pl. 923 (1753).

Common name: Boneseed.

Description:
Dense shrub to 1.5 m high; young growth finely tomentose or cobwebby; stem erect, much-branched, woody; leaves obovate to elliptic with attenuate bases, shallowly dentate with often apiculate lobes, 3-6 cm long, 1-3 cm wide, glabrous or glabrescent, leathery, dark-green, with a distinct mid-vein.

Capitula 3-12 in branched coryrobs; peduncles 1-3 cm long, finely tomentose, with 2-5 reduced subulate leaves 2-6 mm long; involucral bracts lanceolate, acute, the longer inner ones 3-5 mm long: ray florets 4-8: ligules oblanceolate, 3-toothed at the apex, 7-14 mm long, yellow; disk florets numerous, yellow.

Fruit globular, 6-8 mm diam., smooth, dark-purplish, almost completely filled by the globular veined endocarp.

Published illustration: Parsons (1973) Noxious weeds of Victoria, pp. 99-100.

Distribution:  A serious weed of forest, coastal vegetation, and cleared land.   All States except N.T.   Native to South Africa. Conservation status: native Flowering time: Aug. — Dec.

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

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