Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Soliva anthemifolia
Common name
Dwarf Jo-jo, Button Burweed
Family
Asteraceae
Where found
Weed of lawns and playing fields. Coastal north from Jervis Bay. Occasionally elsewhere.
Notes
Introduced annual herb, prostrate. Burrs with many seeds, each seed wingless, hairy at the top, with a spine 2-3 mm long. Stems usually less than 5 cm long. Leaves basal and alternating along the stems, 4-13 cm long, 10-40 mm wide, carrot-like, dissected, sparsely hairy, more hairy near the base, bases sheathing. Flower heads greenish, with 0 petals, more or less globular, stalkless, 5–12 mm in diameter at the seeding stage, forming dense clusters in the centre of the plant. Flowering: spring–summer.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Soliva~anthemifolia (accessed 6 February, 2021)
This identification key and fact sheets are available as a free mobile application:
