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Millotia myosotidifolia (Benth.) Steetz
Family Asteraceae
Common name: Broad-leaved Millotia

Millotia myosotidifolia (Benth.) Steetz APNI*

Description: Herb, usually 4–11 cm high, glandular hairs absent; stems erect to spreading, ± grey-woolly.

Leaves narrow-linear to ± spathulate, usually 2.5–4.5 cm long, 2–4 mm wide, base stem-clasping, lamina ± woolly.

Peduncles 2–8 cm long with 0–2 reduced leaves; heads c. 5–7 mm long; involucral bracts usually 8–13, ± 2-seriate, lanceolate to oblong, margins straw-coloured or purplish, entire, ± woolly. Florets c. 15–45, 5- or rarely 4-toothed; corolla white to cream-yellow, c. 3–6 mm long, teeth ± acute and spreading.

Achenes 4–8 mm long, brown, papillae clavate; pappus of c. 18–25 barbellate bristles, ± fused at base, subplumose near tip, ± as long as corolla.


Habitat
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Habit
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Flower
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Herbarium
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Flowering: winter–spring.

Distribution and occurrence: Grows in woodland, mallee, mulga and shrubland communities, mainly on sandy soils, south and west from Cobar.
NSW subdivisions: CWS, NWP, SWP, NFWP, SFWP
Other Australian states: Vic. Tas. W.A. S.A.
AVH map***

Text by E. A. Brown
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 3 (1992)


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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