Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Craspedia lamicola
Common name
Bog billy-buttons
Family
Asteraceae
Where found
Heath, herbfields, damp sites, and bogs. Kosciuszko National Park, the mountains to the north, and ACT.
Notes
Robust herb to about 0.5 m high. The single flower stalk woolly, at least just below the flower head. Leaves basal and alternating up the stem, 4–25 cm long, 10–40 mm wide, limp, dark green, often shining, with scattered hairs; margins often densely hairy, tips blunt, bases broadly stem-clasping. Flower head golden-yellow, 15–35 mm in diameter, with up to 90 partial heads; partial heads with 7–11 florets with 0 petals. Flower head globular, single. Flowering: summer.
Protected NSW.
All native plants on unleased land in the ACT are protected.
Vulnerable Vic.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Craspedia~lamicola (accessed 7 January, 2021)
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