Plants of South Eastern New South Wales

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Vittadinia tenuissima

Common name

Western New Holland daisy, Delicate New Holland daisy

Family

Asteraceae

Where found

Disturbed sites and rocky sites. Widespread but sporadic.

Notes

Shrub or perennial herb to more than 0.40 m high. Stems hairy to sparsely hairy, the hairs sharply bent or twisted near their bases. Leaves alternating up the stems, 1–5 cm long, about 0.5 mm wide, thread-like to cylindrical, channelled above, surfaces with scattered simple hairs or hairless, tips pointed. Flower heads more or less cylindrical, 4–8 mm long, with 15-20 purple or mauve or pink 'petals' each 1–2 mm long. Flower heads single at the tops of the stems. Flowering: spring.

Rare Vic.

Definite identification of most species of Vittadinia depends on microscopic examination of the seeds.

PlantNET description:  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Vittadinia~tenuissima  (accessed 4 February, 2021)