Flower, fruiting bodies, and leaves. Australian Plant Image Index, photo: Murray Fagg, Karijini National Park, WA

Flowers, fruiting bodies, and leaves. Australian Plant Image Index, photo: Murray Fagg, Karijini National Park, WA

Flower, fruiting bodies (one circled) and leaves. Photo: Don Wood, Scotia Sanctuary, NSW

Flowering and  fruiting plant. Photo: Don Wood, Scotia Sanctuary, NSW

Common Name

Cup Velleia, Stout Velleia

Family

Goodeniaceae

Notes

Annual forb to 90cm tall.  Leaves forming a rosette at the base of the plant, 5-30cm long, 14-80mm wide, flat, hairless, edges toothed to lobed or entire.  Stem 'leaves' fused into cups around the stems, 20-60mm diameter, hairless, edge toothed or entire.  Flowers yellow or brownish yellow to white, pink, or mauve, tubular, the tube split to the base, with five lobes, solitary or in open groups on one or more stalks arising from the stem 'leaves'.  Rare Vic.

Description and photo in G.M. Cunningham, WE Mulham, PL Milthorpe and J H Leigh (1981 and later printings) Plants of Western New South Wales pages 638-639

PlantNET description:  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Velleia~connata