Plants of South Eastern New South Wales

Vittadinia pustulata

Flower head. Australian Plant Image Index, photographer EJ Toms, Carnarvon Station Bush Heritage Reserve via Augathella, Qld.jpg

Flowering stems. Australian Plant Image Index, photographer EJ Toms, Carnarvon Station Bush Heritage Reserve via Augathella, Qld.jpg

Common name

Warty New Holland Daisy

Family

Asteraceae

Where found

Woodland, grassland, and disturbed sites. Coast and ranges north of Shell Harbour. Western Slopes east of Canowindra.

Notes

Annual herb or small shrub to 0.3 m high. Stems hairy, and slightly sticky to sticky. Leaves alternating up the stems, about 0.2-2.5 cm long, 1–7 mm wide, slightly folded lengthwise, margins entire or with 1–3 small teeth, tips blunt, surfaces sparsely appressed hairy. Flower heads 5–6 mm long, with purple to white 'petals' each about 2 mm long, and yellow centres. Flowering: chiefly September

Endangered 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~pustulata (accessed 11 February, 2021)