Citation: Roth, Bot. Abh. Beobacht. 35 (1787).

Synonymy: Scorzonera tingitana L., Sp. Pl. 791 (1753); Picridium tingitanum (L.) Desf., Fl. Atlant. 2:220 (1799); R. picroides sensu J. Black, Fl. S. Aust. 944 (1957), non (L.) Roth.

Common name: False sow-thistle, reichardia.

Description:
Herb 10-50 cm high, somewhat glaucous; stems erect or ascending, glabrous; leaves fleshy-herbaceous, glabrous, usually with minutely prickly margins; basal leaves oblanceolate, narrowed at the base, 2-17 cm long, to 7 cm wide, dentate to pinnatifid; cauline leaves broadly lanceolate, sessile to amplexicaul, acute, 2-10 cm long, entire to dentate.

Peduncles 5-20 cm long, inflated below the capitulum, with 1 or 2 ovate bracts 2-4 mm long; involucre 10-15 mm long, 10-15 mm diam.; outer bracts ovate, 4-6 mm long, with wide white margins; inner bracts lanceolate, longer, with narrower margins; ligules 16-20 mm long, bright-yellow with a maroon-purple base, the outer ones with a reddish line on the reverse.

Achenes 1.5-2.8 mm long, the outer ones dark-brown, the inner ones paler, apparently abortive; pappus 7-9 mm long, white, deciduous as a unit.

Published illustration: Cunningham et al. (1982) Plants of western New South Wales, p. 716.

Distribution:  In various disturbed habitats, especially on alluvial river flats and coastal dunes, flowering in the first year and dying off or persisting in favourable sites as a short-lived perennial. S.Aust.: NU, GT, FR, EA, EP, NL, MU, YP, SL, KI, SE.   W.Aust.; N.S.W.; Vic.   Native to the Mediterranean region. Conservation status: naturalised Flowering time: all of the year, mainly Aug. — Nov.

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

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