Citation: Less., Syn. Gen. Comp. 268 (1832).

Synonymy: Gymnostyles pterosperma A.L. Juss., Ann. Mus. Paris 4:262 (1804); S. sessilis sensu J. Black, Fl. S. Aust. 881 (1957), non Ruiz-Lopez & Pavón.

Common name: Jojo, bindyi.

Description:
Small annual; stems prostrate, spreading or absent, branched, sparsely villous; leaves basal and in clusters, with sheathing bases, pinnatisect to bipinnatisect, 1.5-3 cm long, sparsely villous.

Capitula solitary in the axil of each leaf of a cluster, c. 5 mm diam.; involucral bracts ovate, acute, entire, 2-3 mm long, villous.

Achenes elliptic, 3-4 mm long, pubescent; wings scarious, auriculate at the base and produced into 2 acuminate lobes at the apex; style persistent, erect, hardened, c. 3 mm long; disk florets few, c. 1 mm long.

Published illustration: Burbidge & Gray (1970) Flora of the A.C.T., p. 373.

Distribution:  In lawns and along paths in higher-rainfall areas.   W.Aust.; N.S.W.; Vic.   Native to South America. Conservation status: naturalised Flowering time: Oct. — Nov.

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

Biology: S. stolonifera (Brot.) Loudon has become established in the Murray Valley of N.S.W and Vic. (H. I. Aston (1983) Victorian Nat. 99:190-194), and may become naturalised in this State.

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