Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Delairea odorata
Common name
Cape ivy. Ivy groundsel, German ivy
Family
Asteraceae
Where found
Forest and forest margins, woodland, roadsides, disturbed sites, coastal environs, moist gullies and near streams. Coast, ranges, and the eastern edge of the tablelands.
Notes
Introduced twining perennial herb or dense creeping ground cover, stems to 10 m long. Stems somewhat fleshy. Leaves thinly fleshy. Stems sparsely hairy, becoming hairless. Leaves with a distinctive spicy medicinal odour when rubbed, alternating up the stems, 3-10 cm long, 30-80 mm wide, more or less fleshy, margins 3-7-lobed or angled, ivy-like, surface shairless, bases cordate. Stipules kidney-shaped, 5–10 mm wide. Flowers fragrant. Individual flower heads cylindrical, with 10–12 yellow to greenish yellow florets 6-8 mm long, 0 petals. 8-10 bracts surrounding each flower head. Flower heads in about 15–50 flowered clusters. Flowers Autumn to early Spring.
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PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Delairea~odorata (accessed 9 January, 2021)
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