Plants of South Eastern New South Wales

Centipeda thespidioides

Flowering stem. Australian Plant Image Index, photographer Murray Fagg, Welford National Park, about 220 km WSW of Blackall, Qld

Flowering plant. Australian Plant Image Index, photographer Murray Fagg, Welford National Park, about 220 km WSW of Blackall, Qld

Common name

Desert Sneezeweed

Family

Asteraceae

Where found

Shrubland, and usually on sites subject to flooding. Western Slopes.

Notes

Perennial herb to 0.3 m tall. Stems mostly hairless. Leaves aromatic when rubbed, alternating up the stems, 0.4-2.5 cm long, 2-8 mm wide, hairless or almost hairless, resin-dotted on both surfaces, margins toothed, tips more or less pointed.  Flower heads greenish, 4–5 mm in diameter, with many florets, 0 petals, cup-shaped to broadly bell-shaped, stalkless, single or paired. Flowering: mainly spring.

Rare Vic.

PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Centipeda~thespidioides (accessed 7 January, 2021)