Common Name

Large-fruited Millotia

Family

Asteraceae

Notes

Annual forb to 8cm tall. Leaves alternating up the stems, 0.5-2cm long, less than 1mm wide, linear, more or less stem-clasping, white to grey woolly. Flowers small (less than 3mm across) woolly, florets cream often becoming reddish, with 0 petals. Flower heads cylindrical, borne singly at the ends of the stems. Rare Vic.

PlantNET article with line drawings and photos of dried plants:   http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Millotia~macrocarpa

Dried plants. Missouri Botanic Garden, plants from North Gawler Range, SA, collected by PG Wilson (1958)