Citation: N. Burb., Brunonia 5:41 (1982).

Synonymy: V. triloba sensu J. Black, Fl. S. Aust. 595 (1929), partly, non DC.

Common name: None

Description:
Annual herb 10-30 cm high; stems erect, branched; vestiture hirsute, glandular hairs present; leaves flat, spathulate to obovate, attenuate at the base, 1.5-5 cm long, 7-24 mm wide, entire or with 2 or 3 shallow teeth near the apex; apices obtuse.

Involucres 7-9 mm long; bracts linear to narrowly elliptic, hirsute, with entire acuminate apices; ray florets 2- or 3-seriate, purple.

Achene flattened, oblanceolate, 5-8 mm long; marginal ridges prominent, pubescent above; faces with ribs converging, only some reaching the summit, pubescent in the upper half with non-glandular hairs; pappus bristles multiseriate, barbellate, 6-7.5 mm long.

Distribution:  S.Aust.: LE, FR, EA, EP.   W.Aust.; N.T.; Qld; N.S.W. Conservation status: native Flowering time: Aug. — Oct.

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

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