Plants of South Eastern New South Wales

Gamochaeta calviceps

Flower cluster and leaves. Australian Plant Image Index, photographer Murray Fagg, Scottsdale Bush Heritage Reserve near Bredbo

Flowering stem. Photographer Jackie Miles

Flowering plants. Australian Plant Image Index, photographer Murray Fagg, Scottsdale Bush Heritage Reserve near Bredbo

Line drawings. c. flowering plant; flower head. E Mayfield, National Herbarium of Victoria, © 2021 Royal Botanic Gardens Board

Common name

Cudweed

Family

Asteraceae

Where found

Disturbed areas, often in dry forest, woodland, gardens, footpaths, waste areas, and along streams. Widespread.

Notes

Introduced annual or biennial herb to 0.25 m high, or more or less prostrate. Stems hairy. Lower leaves usually withered at flowering. Stem leaves alternating up the stems, 1.5–4 cm long, 2–8 mm wide, tips blunt to pointed and mucronate, bases slightly stem-clasping, both surfaces white-tomentose. Flower heads woolly at the base, 3-4.5 mm long, 1.5–3 mm in diameter. Florets purple to purple-red. Bracts tightly surrounding the flower heads chaffy, green to straw-coloured, margins and tips shining. Flower heads forming a leafy cluster. Flowering: mainly October–December.

PlantNET description:  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Gamochaeta~calviceps (accessed 16 April 2021)

Flora of North America description:  http://efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=250005993 (accessed 16 April 2021)