Euryops chrysanthemoides (DC.) B.Nord. APNI* Synonyms: Gamolepis chrysanthemoides DC. APNI*
Description: Shrub 0.5–1.5 m high.
Leaves narrow-elliptic to obovate in outline, pinnatisect, 3.5–8 cm long, 1–2 cm wide, glabrous except for occasional tufts of woolly hairs on the leaf axils of the younger leaves.
Peduncles striate; heads 3–5 mm diam., solitary or several at branch tips; involucral bracts ovate, c. 5 mm long, fused up to a third their length, glabrous or with ciliate margins and apex. Ray florets yellow; ligule 14–18 mm long.
Achenes c. 0.5 mm long, narrow-obovate or fusiform, ribbed, glabrous; pappus absent.
Flowering: recorded June.
Distribution and occurrence: Weed of roadsides, from Wollongong north to Northbridge, Sydney. Native of S Afr.
NSW subdivisions: *NC, *CC, *CWS
Text by J. A. Scott & E. A. Brown
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 3 (1992)
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