Annual herb to 2.0 m high; stems softly pilose. Leaves opposite below, alternate above, broadly ovate to deltoid, becoming lanceolate in inflorescence, 30–120 mm long, 15–85 mm wide, shallowly crenate-serrate, pilose adaxially, more densely pilose abaxially, especially on veins; petioles 6–30 mm long. Capitula oblong-hemispherical, 10–12 mm diam.; involucral bracts subacute, green, pilose near apex, glabrous and striate below; paleae stramineous, lacerate at apex, striate, glabrous except midrib. Ray florets 4–8; corolla c. 3 mm long, mauve-white; ligule 2-lobed. Disc florets 6–8; corolla c. 3.5 mm long, white. Achenes 6–16, brown-black, very finely transversely wrinkled, finely and sparsely pilose or subglabrous; ray achenes triquetrous, slightly curved, 4.5–5.0 mm long, with pappus of 3 erect awns; disc achenes 2-or 3-angled, ±straight, 5.5–6.5 mm long, with pappus of 2 erect awns. Awns 1.5–2.5 mm long, antrorsely pilose, on a rostrum 0.5 mm long.
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Annual herb, up to 1.5 m high. Leaves elliptic to ovate, tapering to an acute apex, margin serrate-crenate, sparsely pilose, 3-nerved from base. Heads elongate-campanulate on long peduncles. Flowers whitish or yellow.
White flower-heads about 1/2 in. long
An erect hairy annual 1-3 ft. high
Occurs in remnant Corymbia clarksoniana, C. tessellaris and Eucalyptus platyphylla woodland, on alluvial flats, stony gravels on hills, grassy cleared pastures and adjacent to roadsides. While limited in distribution, it can be locally abundant.
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A weed of open ground in semi-arid regions.
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