Common name: Fleshy Minuria
Kippistia suaedifolia F.Muell. APNI* Synonyms: Minuria suaedifolia (F.Muell.) F.Muell. ex Benth. APNI*
Description: Compact shrub to 60 cm high, strongly aromatic; stems erect, much-branched.
Leaves linear, terete, to 2.4 cm long, c. 0.5 mm wide, apex apiculate to uncinate, margins entire, surfaces glabrous.
Heads broad-conical, 5–7 mm diam.; involucral bracts 2–3 mm long, fimbriate at apex. Ray florets yellow, ligule 0.8–1.8 mm long; achene sparsely pubescent basally. Disc florets yellow; achene glabrous.
Flowering: August–October
Distribution and occurrence: Grows around saline lakes and depressions, often in association with gypsum; recorded near Conoble (Ivanhoe district).
NSW subdivisions: SWP, NFWP
Other Australian states: Qld Vic. W.A. S.A. N.T.
Threatened species: NSW BCA: Endangered
Text by N. S. Lander
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 3 (1992)
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