Wedelia Jacq.

8 species in Aust. (1 naturalized); all states and territories except Tas.

*W glauca (Ortega) S.F.Blake

Perennial herb up to c. 60 cm high. Leaves opposite, 6–10 cm long, 5–7 mm wide, often irregularly toothed. Involucre 10–15 mm diam; bracts herbaceous, in 2 rows. Ray florets yellow, female. Disc florets tubular, bisexual. Cypselas 4 mm long. Pappus a short irregularly toothed crown of minute scales or awns Coast and Hunter River Valley. Weed of cultivation and waste places. Introd. from S. America. Fl. autumn. Pascalia Weed