Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Actinotus gibbonsii
Common name
Gibbons' flannel flower
Family
Apiaceae
Where found
Woodland and heath. Ranges and tablelands.
Notes
Annual or perennial herb to 0.3 m tall or sprawling. Flower stalks 1.5–6.5 mm long. Leaves alternating up the stems, 0.6-1.5 cm long, compound, with 3 deeply divided leaflets. Flower heads 3-12.5 mm in diameter including the bracts, with about 30 individual red to pink flowers, with 0 petals. Flowers Spring to Autumn.
Protected NSW.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Actinotus~gibbonsii (accessed 2 January, 2021)
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