Vittadinia cuneata
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| Fuzzy New Holland daisy | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Vittadinia |
| Species: | V. cuneata |
| Binomial name | |
| Vittadinia cuneata | |
Vittadinia cuneata commonly known as fuzzy New Holland daisy,[2]it is a flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is an upright perennial with variable leaves, blue or mauve flowers and grows in all mainland states of Australia and Tasmania.
Vittadinia cuneata is an upright annual or perennial, 10–40 cm (3.9–15.7 in) high, stiff stems and more or less covered in glandular, coarse, rough hairs. Leaves are variable in colour, sometimes green or grey-green, wedge-shaped, occasionally with lobes, 10–25 mm (0.39–0.98 in) long and 2–5 mm (0.079–0.197 in) wide. Flower petals are pale blue or mauve with a yellow central disk. Flowering occurs from spring to autumn and the fruit is a bristly, ridged achene, 4–7 mm (0.16–0.28 in) long. Three varieties are recognized: var. cuneata, var. hirsuta and var. morrisii.[2][3][4]