Citation: Willd. ex Sprengel, Syst. Veg. 3:514 (1826).

Synonymy: C. floribunda sensu N. Burb. & M. Gray, Fl. A.C.T. 361 (1970), non Kunth.

Common name: Tall fleabane.

Description:
Annual herb to 2 m high; stem erect, robust, unbranched between the base and the inflorescence, green, hispid; basal leaves petiolate, elliptic to oblanceolate, 4-10 cm long, 5-12 mm wide, appressed-pubescent, shallowly dentate; upper leaves sessile, narrow-elliptic to linear, 3-6 cm long, 2-6 mm wide, appressed-pubescent, entire.

Capitula very numerous in a pyramidal panicle; involucres 4-5 mm long, campanulate; bracts strigose, brown on the inner face when reflexed; apices subglabrous; outer florets without ligules; receptacles 1.5-2 mm diam., deeply pitted.

Achenes elliptic, c. 1 mm long, pale, pubescent; pappus bristles free, straw-coloured, c. 3 m long.

Distribution:  Weed of cultivation, pasture and wasteland.   W.Aust.; N.S.W.; Vic.; Tas. Conservation status: naturalised Flowering time: most of the year.

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

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