''Millotia tenuifolia'' (common name - soft millotia) is a species of small annual herb in the tribe Gnaphalieae within the

Asteraceae The family Asteraceae, alternatively Compositae, consists of over 32,000 known species of flowering plants in over 1,900 genera within the order Asterales. Commonly referred to as the aster, daisy, composite, or sunflower family, Compositae w ...

family, endemic to all states and territories of

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except

Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , established_ ...

and the

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. It was first described in 1829 by

Henri Cassini Count Alexandre Henri Gabriel de Cassini (9 May 1781 – 23 April 1832) was a French botanist and natural history, naturalist, who specialised in the sunflower family (Asteraceae) (then known as family Compositae). He was the youngest of five chi ...

from a specimen collected by d'Urville from King Georges Sound.

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External links

''Millotia tenuifolia'': images & occurrence data
from the

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Gnaphalieae Taxa named by Henri Cassini Plants described in 1829 {{Gnaphalieae-stub