Disseminule: Fruit (referred to as achene or seed unit)
Description
Achene appendages: Ridges and grooves
Achene Colour: Variable - brown/yellow, Straw colouredAchene Length: 4 - 7mm
Achene Sculpture: RoughenedAchene Shape: Clavate ( Club shaped)
The achenes are of two sorts, the outer being grey and the inner (the majority) being grey-brown and finely striate (longitudinally grooved). The seeds are 3-4 mm long, egg-shaped and somewhat flattened, with a terminal but easily detached tuft of unbranched white hairs (pappus) to about 15 mm long.
Source: See Web Links Weeds in Australia
