Trioncinia patens A.E.Holland & D.W.Butler

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Trioncinia

Characteristics

Perennial to 50 cm tall. Leaves: petioles 4 cm long; lamina c. 3 cm long, 2 cm wide. Capitula 6–9 mm diam.; outer subtending bracts 1–2 mm long, 0.5–1 mm wide; involucral bracts ovate, oblong or obovate, 2.4–3.6 mm long, 0.8–1.1 mm wide, acute to obtuse; paleae 3–4 mm long, 0.1–0.3 mm wide. Ray florets with ligule 1.8–2.2 mm long, 1–1.4 mm wide. Disc florets 11–17, 2–2.5 mm long; anther appendage obtuse. Achenes 5–7 mm long, 0.7–1.0 mm diam., pale brown, lacking longitudinal ribs, with thin transverse ridges, smooth between, and not becoming warty or thickened. Pappus awns 4, 1–2 mm long, spreading at 90º to each other and the body of the achene.
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Growth form herb
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Environment

Growing in eucalypt woodland on basalt-derived dark-grey tored-brown clays or clay-loams, often with gravels.
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Distribution

Trioncinia patens world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77087497-1
WFO ID wfo-0001331451
COL ID 7D4X3
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Synonyms

Trioncinia patens