Solenogyne bellioides Cass. APNI* Synonyms: Lagenifera sp. A var. A sensu Jacobs & Pickard (1981) APNI*
Description: Perennial herb 5–18 cm high.
Leaves narrow-spathulate to obovate, obtuse, 2–7 cm long, 6–20 mm wide; apex often with a distinct group of 3, ± equal, closely spaced acute teeth; base attenuate; both surfaces ± glabrous to hirsute; petiolate.
Heads 5–7 mm diam., campanulate to hemispherical; scapes 3–22 cm long, with 2–6 broad-linear bracts decreasing in size up the scape; involucral bracts 3- or 4-seriate, oblong to oblong-obovate, 2–2.5 mm long, obtuse to rounded, glabrous, margins torn-ciliate, pale green, reflexed in fruit. Ray florets white to bluish; ligule c. 0.7 mm long.
Achenes 2–2.5 mm long, margins thickened, apex contracted; beak < 0.1 mm long.
Flowering: spring–summer.
Distribution and occurrence: Grows in grassland and sclerophyll forest; north from Jervis Bay and Deniliquin.
NSW subdivisions: NC, CC, SC, NT, CT, NWS, CWS, NWP, SWP
Other Australian states: Qld
Text by E. A. Brown & M. F. Porteners
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 3 (1992)
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