Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Vittadinia pterochaeta
Common name
Winged New Holland Daisy, Rough Fuzzweed
Family
Asteraceae
Where found
Woodland and shrubland. Western Slopes.
Notes
Annual, biennial, or perennial herb to about 0.3 m high, sparsely hairy to hairy with stiff hairs, often sticky. Leaves alternating up the stems, 0.3–3.5 cm long, 1–8 mm wide, flat or often longitudinally folded, margins entire, or with 1–3 small teeth near the tips, tips pointed. Flower heads 5–6 mm long, with 15-20 pale mauve to purple 'petals' each 1–2 mm long, and yellow centres. Flowers in open clusters at the tops of the stems. Flowering: most of the year.
Vulnerable 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~pterochaeta (accessed 4 February, 2021)
Description above partly based on the description in Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981 and later printings), Plants of Western New South Wales, page 660
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