Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
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Actinobole uliginosum
Flannel Cudweed, Cotton Weed
Asteraceae
Grassy areas and bare ground. Western Slopes.
Annual herb, prostrate, stemless, or stems to 10 cm long, woolly, grey-brown to grey-green. Leaves clustered at the base of the plant and alternating along the stems, 0.3-1.3 cm long, 1.5-5 mm wide, woolly, margins entire. Flower heads white or cream to yellow, about 5–10 mm high, 6–18 mm in diameter, compound, of 1–12 partial heads, each with with about 30–60 florets, 0 petals. Compound flower heads broad cylindrical to broad oval or broad cup-shaped, solitary.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Actinobole~uliginosum (accessed 18 April, 2021)
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