Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Sclerolaena birchii
Common name
Galvanized Burr
Family
Chenopodiaceae
Where found
Woodland, grassy areas, disturbed sites, and bare ground. Western Slopes. Introduced in Sydney.
Notes
Shrub to about 1 m high, with many entangled branches. Branches densely hairy with fine hairs. Leaves alternating up the stems, 0.5–1.5 cm long, 3–6 mm wide, densely hairy, flat, tips blunt to broadly pointed. Flowers tiny (less than 3mm in diameter), cup-shaped, with 3-5 lobes, single. Burrs with 5 spines, hard, woolly.
General Biosecurity Duty all NSW. Always check native vegetation requirements before undertaking control of a weedy native plant.
Data deficient Vic.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Sclerolaena~birchii (accessed 6 February, 2021)
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