Vittadinia condyloides N.T.Burb. APNI* Synonyms: Vittadinia sp. B sensu Jacobs & Pickard (1981) APNI*
Description: Perennial herb 12–30 cm high, erect, hirsute with ± glandular hairs.
Leaves subconduplicate, narrow-oblanceolate, 10–22 mm long, 2–4 mm wide, apex apiculate, recurved, margins entire or with 2 small lateral lobes.
Heads 7–9.5 mm long; involucral bracts acute, hirsute. Ray florets violet to pink.
Achenes oblanceolate, 4.5–6.5 mm long; marginal ridges and faces with 2-fid hairs and a few minute glandular hairs; ribs all extending to the summit; pappus bristles 7–8 mm long.
Flowering: August–October
Distribution and occurrence: Grows in woodland, mallee and cleared land, west from Forbes district.
NSW subdivisions: NWS, CWS, SWS, NWP, SWP, SFWP
Other Australian states: Vic. S.A.
Text by J. Scott & J. Everett
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 3 (1992)
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