Citation: N. Burb., Brunonia 5:56 (1982) var. hirta N. Burb., Brunonia 5:57 (1982).

Synonymy: V. australis A. Rich. vat. dissecta Benth., Fl. Aust. 3:491 (1867), partly; V. triloba (Gaudich.)DC. var. dissecta (Benth.)J. Black, Fl. S. Aust. 595 (1929), partly.

Common name: None

Description:
Annual or somewhat woody perennial herb 10-35 cm high; stems erect, much-branched; vestiture densely hirsute or subvelutinous with hairs to 2 mm long, glandular pubescence sparse; leaves flat, spathulate, very narrow in the lower half, deeply 3-lobed, the lobes sometimes further divided, rarely entire on the upper branches, 1.5-2.5 cm long, 7-20 mm wide; apices obtuse.

Involucres 4.5-5.8 mm long, bracts narrowly elliptic to linear, obtuse, glandular-pubescent, sparsely hirsute; ray florets 2-seriate, white to pale-blue.

Achene flattened, oblanceolate, 3.5-5 mm long; marginal ridges thin, pubescent; faces with ribs all extending to the summit, pubescent with fine glandular and non-glandular hairs; pappus bristles multisetlate, barbellate, 3.5-5 mm long.

Distribution:  In woodland, scrub, mallee and cleared land.   W.Aust.; N.T.; Qld; N.S.W.; Vic. Conservation status: native Flowering time: most of the year.

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

Biology: In most S.Aust. populations the leaf hairs are loosely spreading; however, in material from the NW and NU regions the vestiture is denser, appressed and almost velutinous.

Author: Not yet available