Citation: Thunb., Prod. Pl. Cap. 162 (1800).

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: Ferny cotula.

Description:
Annual to 20 cm high; stems erect, branched, glabrous; leaves oblanceolate to lanceolate, subamplexicaul at the base, pinnatisect with acute finely pinnatifid segments, 1-4 cm long, glabrous or subglabrous.

Peduncles erect, 0.5-2 cm long, much shorter than the leaves; capitula heterogamous, 6-8 mm diam.; involucral bracts numerous, oblong, 2-3 mm long, glabrous; receptacle convex; female florets uniseriate, few, pedicellate, with short filiform corollas.

Achenes flat, oblong, c. 1.5 mm long, glandular, with a narrow scarious wing; inner florets numerous, fertile, shortly pedicellate; corolla short, yellow, becoming paler after opening; achenes plano-convex, narrowly oblong, c. 1 mm long, smooth, with narrow marginal ridges.

Published illustration: Cunningham et al. (1982) Plants of western New South Wales, p. 670.

Distribution:  In salt marshes and other saline, temporarily wet land. S.Aust.: NL, MU, SL, KI, SE.   W.Aust.; N.S.W.; Vic.   Native to South Africa. Conservation status: native Flowering time: Sept. — Oct.

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

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