Annuals to c. 0.5 m high, not glaucous, largely glabrous. Leaves to 15 cm long, with l:w ratio 1.5–3, pinnatisect with 2–4 segments per side, or bipinnatisect; base without auricles; margin with occasional teeth. Capitula several per stem; calycular bracteoles 2–6, 1–3 mm long; involucre (3–) 4–6 mm long, 6–10 mm diam.; bracts 14–22, with scattered coarse hairs. Florets numerous; ligulate florets 8–12; ligule 5–10 mm long, 4-or 5-veined; disc florets with corolla limb as long as tube. Achenes bottle-shaped, 4–7 mm long, orange-brown, without ribs, with scattered to moderately dense papillae, sparser distally; l:w ratio of papillae 1–1.5. Pappus 4–5 mm long; bristles scabridulous, with length of projections less than diam. of bristle.
Grows in sandy loam, loam and heavy grey clays in grassland, herb-field and Brigalow or Casuarina woodland.
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