Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Actinobole uliginosum
Common name
Flannel Cudweed, Cotton Weed
Family
Asteraceae
Where found
Grassy areas and bare ground. Western Slopes.
Notes
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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