Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Arrhenechthites mixtus
Common name
Purple fireweed
Family
Asteraceae
Where found
Forest, roadsides, and gullies. Widespread. No records from the western slopes.
Notes
Perennial herb, mostly to 0.90 m high. Stems reddish purplish, sparsely cobwebby. Leaves alternating up the stems, usually 5–10 cm long, 10–40 mm wide, often deeply dissected (especially the upper leaves), hairless to cobwebby, lower surface often purplish, margins coarsely toothed, stalks sometimes winged. Flower heads 2–4 mm in diameter, with 0 petals. Bracts surrounding the flower heads 15–20 mm long. Flowering: summer.
All native plants on unleased land in the ACT are protected.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Arrhenechthites~mixtus (accessed 3 January, 2021)
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