Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
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Centipeda minima subsp. minima
Spreading sneezeweed
Asteraceae
Disturbed sites, damp places, swampy ground, stream banks, and in water. Widespread.
Annual herb, occasionally perennial, prostrate or to 0.2 m tall, rarely rooting from the lower nodes, more or less hairless to woolly or cottony. Leaves aromatic when rubbed, alternating along the stems, sometimes almost opposite each other, 0.3-2.7 cm long, 1-11 mm wide, with scattered resin dots, margins entire or toothed, tips pointed or blunt. Flower heads 1.5-4 mm in diameter, with many florets, 0 petals, almost globular, or hemispherical with a domed top, stalkless, usually single. Flowers mainly Spring to Summer.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Centipeda~minima (accessed 7 January, 2021)
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