Vittadinia cuneata flowerhead6 NWS - Flickr - Macleay Grass Man

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Description: Native, annual or perennial, woody, rigidly erect, hairy herb 10–40 cm tall. Leaves are cuneate or oblanceolate and 10–25 mm long; margins are entire or have 2 small lateral lobes. Heads are 5–8 mm long ray florets are female, 1–3-seriate and pale blue to mauve; disc florets are tubular, bisexual and yellow. Achenes are linear to oblanceolate, ridged and 4–7, with pappus bristles 4–8 mm long. Flowering occurs in spring and summer; sometimes after rain in a warmer autumn. Grows in a variety of habitats, natural and disturbed; usually in habitats with shallow, well drained soils. Date: 26 September 2014, 08:16. Source: Vittadinia cuneata flowerhead6 NWS. Author: Harry Rose from Dungog, Australia. Camera location31° 08′ 13.39″ S, 150° 57′ 34.96″ E View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap-31.137054; 150.959711.