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Picris angustifolia subsp. merxmuelleri Lack & S.Holzapfel
Family Asteraceae
Picris angustifolia subsp. merxmuelleri Lack & S.Holzapfel APNI*

Description: Annual to perennial 7–140 cm high, scarcely branched, with sparse to dense simple 2-fid hooked hairs.

Leaves numerous near the base, fewer upwards, sessile, truncate to cordate to amplexicaul, linear to narrow-ovate or oblanceolate, to 40 cm long, 3.5 cm wide, obtuse to acute, entire to dentate.

Heads 1–40, 5–10 mm diameter, involucral bracts with glabrous or with 1–2 lines of hairs along the midrib, florest with ligules 12–19 mm long.

Achenes 4.5–6 mm long, beak shorter than the body, pappus of bristles 6.5–8.5 mm long.


Herbarium
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Flowering: Flowers October to April.

Distribution and occurrence: Restricted.

Montane and alpine herbfields, grasslands, woodlands, above 700 metres.
NSW subdivisions: CT, ST
Other Australian states: Vic. Tas.
AVH map***

Text by From N.G. Walsh (1999).
Taxon concept: Holzapfel (1994).


APNI* Provides a link to the Australian Plant Name Index (hosted by the Australian National Botanic Gardens) for comprehensive bibliographic data
***The AVH map option provides a detailed interactive Australia wide distribution map drawn from collections held by all major Australian herbaria participating in the Australian Virtual Herbarium project.
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