Citation: J. Black, Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. 52:229 (1928).

Synonymy: V. australis A. Rich. var. megacephala F. Muell. ex Benth., Fl. Aust. 3:491 (1867).

Common name: Giant New Holland daisy, fuzzweed.

Description:
Perennial herb 5-25 cm high; stems erect, unbranched, produced annually from a woody stock; vestiture hirsute, glandular hairs absent; leaves flat to subconduplicate, narrowly to broadly oblanceolate, with attenuate base, 1.5-4.5 cm long, 3-8 mm wide; apices acute to obtuse.

Involucres 10-14 mm long, bracts narrowly elliptic to linear, acuminate, hirsute, ciliate near the apices; ray florets 3-seriate, dark-purple to blue.

Achene flattened, oblanceolate to elliptic, 6-8 mm long; marginal ridges prominent, sparsely glandular-pubescent; faces concave, smooth, with sparse spreading non-glandular hairs; pappus bristles multiseriate, barbellate, 6-9 mm long.

Distribution:  In woodland, mallee and coastal vegetation. S.Aust.: FR, EP, NL, MU, YP, SL.   Vic.; Tas. 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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