Emilia sonchifolia var. javanica (Burm.f.) Mattf. APNI* Description: Annual erect herb, 15–90 cm high, ± glaucous, stem striate.
Leaves variable, lyrate-pinnatisect or ovate, 1.5–14 cm long, 0.8–6 cm wide, apex rounded or acuminate, margins ± irregularly toothed, glabrous.
Heads in slender corymbs or rarely solitary, 4–5 mm diam.; involucral bracts 7–10, 8–12 mm long, glabrous. Florets purple, or rarely orange-purple.
Achenes 3 mm long, 5-ribbed, very shortly pilose; pappus 6–8 mm long, white.
Flowering: Flowers August–September
Distribution and occurrence: North from Wauchope, NC; Qld (reported from N.T. and W.A. but probably var. sonchifolia). Native to Asia (China, Japan, Indochina and Malesia). Weed on roadsides and open areas.
NSW subdivisions: *NC
Other Australian states: *Qld
Apex of phyllaries commonly with dark border 2-3 mm long (vs 1mm or absent in var. sonchifolia); corolla usually exceeding phyllaries by up to 2.5 mm (vs corolla 1 mm shorter than to 1mm longer than phyllaries); corolla lobes more than 1 mm long (vs less than 1 mm long); achenes 3.0-3.8 mm long (vs 2.2-3.2 mm). See Thomson (2006). Muelleria 24: 51-110.
| The single variety in NSW. Characters and distribution as for the species in NSW. |
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