Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
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)
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