Citation: Levyns, Jl S. Afr. Bot. 7:133 (1941) var. australasica J.H. Willis, Victorian Nat. 73:201 (1957).

Synonymy: C filifolia sensu J. Black, Fl. S. Aust. 606 (1929), non Thunb.

Common name: Slender cotula.

Description:
Annual to 20 cm high; stem erect to ascending, sparsely branched, glabrous or glabrescent; leaves narrowly linear, sheathing at the base, entire, 1-4 cm long, glabrous.

Peduncles erect, filiform, 2-6 cm long, sparsely pubescent; capitula heterogamous or homogamous, 3-5 mm diam.; involucral bracts 5-8, suborbicular, glabrous; receptacle flat; female florets uniseriate or absent, pedicellate, without corollas.

Achenes flat, oblong; c. 1.5 mm long, glabrous, with a broad scarious wing; inner florets numerous, fertile, subsessile; corollas c. 1 mm long, yellow; achenes plano-convex, narrowly oblong, c. 1.5 mm long, smooth, wingless.

Distribution:  Occurs in coastal vegetation and on saline marshy ground.   Vic.; Tas. Conservation status: native Flowering time: Aug. — Nov.

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

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