Picris evae Lack

Annual (to perennial?), 40–130 cm high, branched. Anchor hairs mainly 2-hooked. Peduncles 2–6 cm long; peduncular bracts 1–5, clearly separate from involucre. Capitula few to > 30, 11–12 mm long and 8–10 mm wide at anthesis, 12–15 mm long and 10–12 mm wide in fruit. Involucre of c. 32–40 bracts in 2–3 outer and 2 inner rows, with longest outer bracts slightly to clearly (c. 1/2) shorter than inner bracts; outer involucral bracts straight, appressed or slightly squarrose, lanceolate to linear, 3.3–10.0 mm long, 0.6–1.0 mm wide, not wider than inner bracts; margin glabrous; midrib with 2 or more lines of conspicuous, slender, curled hairs 3.8–5.0 mm long; hairs covering entire involucre. Achenes including cuspis (5.8–) 6.9–7.7 mm long; cuspis (2.5–) 3.5–3.8 mm long, c. 1/2 of total achene length.

Grows in open Eucalyptus forest and grassland, roadsides and paddocks. On black, dark grey or red/brown soil, reddish clay loam or medium clay soil, at 200–500 m alt., rarely to 1000 m.

The root is baked and eaten.