Actinotus gibbonsii

Description

Annual or perennial herb with ascending or decumbent stems to 30 cm long. Leaves twice 3-partite, lamina 6.5–15 mm long, final segments 2- or 3-lobed with rhombic or wedge-shaped lobes; petiole 4.5–22 mm long. Umbels head-like, 3–8 mm diam., to 12.5 mm diam. including bracts; peduncle 1.5–6.5 mm long. Flowers pinkish, c. 30, almost all bisexual. Bracts 7–9, joined at the base, narrow-lanceolate, 1–6 mm long, pubescent; pedicels 2–4 mm long. Sepals acute, villous at apex. Petals absent. Fruit ovate, 1–1.8 mm long, 0.6–1.4 mm wide, composed of 2 fruitlets, densely ciliate on the margins, black.