Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Argyrotegium mackayi
Common name
Silver Cudweed
Family
Asteraceaae
Where found
Alpine and subalpine herbfields and grassland. Kosciuszko National Park. ACT. Occasionally tablelands and ranges.
Notes
Perennial herb to 0.15 m tall or prostrate, rooting from the nodes, usually mat-forming. Stems wiry, hairy, with the dried brown remains of old leaves at the base. Leaves mostly in a basal rosette, basal leaves 0.6–1.5 cm long, 1.5–6 mm wide, stem leaves 1-10, becoming smaller upwards and becoming scale-like. Leaves silvery or whitish, densely hairy on both surfaces, tips usually blunt, sometimes pointed. Flower heads 5-6 mm long, about 2–4 mm in diameter, oval or hemispherical, usually single, sometimes up to about 7 together. 0 petals. Bracts surrounding the flower heads 3.8–6 mm long; green to pale brown, margins clear or or tinged reddish purple.
All native plants on unleased land in the ACT are protected.
Rare Vic.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Argyrotegium~mackayi (accessed 3 January, 2021)
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