Citation: J. Black, Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. 52:229 (1929).

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

Common name: (Rough)fuzzweed.

Description:
Annual herb, sometimes persisting as an undershrub, 8-30 cm high; stems erect, branched; vestiture hirsute to scabrid, glandular hairs usually present; leaves flat to subconduplicate, narrowly oblanceolate, 0.8-3.5 cm long, 2-8 mm wide, attenuate at the base, entire or with 1-3 small teeth near the apex; apices obtuse.

Involucres 5-6 mm long; bracts oblong, acute or obtuse, ciliate at the apex; ray florets 2-seriate, lilac to mauve.

Achene terete, narrowly obconic to fusiform, 4-5 mm long; marginal ridges absent; faces without ribs, smooth or striate, pubescent with nonglandular hairs; pappus bristles 2- or 3-seriate, plumose, 4-5 mm long.

Distribution:  S.Aust.: LE, GT, FR, EA.   N.T.; Qld; N.S.W.; Vic. Conservation status: native Flowering time: April — Sept.

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

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