Picris angustifolia subsp. angustifolia DC. APNI* Synonyms: Picris hieracioides L. APNI*
Description: Annual to perennial, 7–140 cm high, with sparse to dense simple and 2-fid hooked hairs, stems few-branched.
Leaves few, petiolate below, sessile above, linear to narrow-ovate or oblanceolate, to 40 cm long, 3.5 cm wide, obtuse to acute, entire to dentate.
Peduncles with up to 6 bracts below the head, heads 3–8 mm diameter, in loose terminal corymbs, involucral bracts with 1–3 lines of hairs along the midrib, involucral bracts 10–17 mm long, ligules 7–19 mm long.
Achenes 6–11 mm long, with beak 2–7 mm long, pappus of bristles 7–10 mm long.
Flowering: Flowers September to December
Distribution and occurrence: Rare. Grows in scrub on coastal dunes, grassy woodland or open forest.
NSW subdivisions: CC, SC, NT, CT, ?ST, NWP, SWP, NFWP, SFWP
Other Australian states: Vic. Tas. W.A. S.A.
One naturalised collection is from Brogo on the South Coast, having been planted in a garden and naturalising there.
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