Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Myriocephalus rhizocephalus
Common name
Woolly Heads
Family
Asteraceae
Where found
Mallee in damp low lying situations. Seasonally moist flats. Western Slopes.
Notes
Annual grass-like herb, prostrate or to 0.1 m tall. Leaves alternating along the stems, appearing basal, mostly 2-8 cm long, about 1 mm wide, linear, erect, tips pointed, more or less sheathing at the base, surfaces hairless, bright green, margins thickened. Flower heads greenish white with a yellow centre, 9–16 mm in diameter, compound, broadly hemispherical, with 0 petals, composed of many minute partial flower heads each with 1-2 florets. Flower heads single.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Myriocephalus~rhizocephalus (accessed 12 January, 2021)
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