Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Soliva stolonifera
Common name
Jo-jo, Carpet Burweed
Family
Asteraceae
Where found
Dry forest, woodland, shrubland, moist sites, and along streams. Uncommon. Western Slopes. Sydney area. Rarely elsewhere. Mainly west and north of the area covered by this key.
Notes
Introduced annual herb, prostrate, rooting at the nodes. Burrs with many seeds, each seed with thick corrugated ribs with 2 pointed lateral wing projections, woolly at the top with a spine 1–2 mm long. Stems branched or spreading, sparsely hairy. Leaves basal and in clusters, carrotlike, 1–4 cm long, 3–10 mm wide, bases sheathing, surfaces sparsely hairy. Flower heads 4–8 mm in diameter at the seeding stage, with 0 petals, almost globular, single at the base of each leaf cluster. Flowering: spring–summer.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Soliva~sessilis (accessed 5 November 2019)
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