Plants of South Eastern New South Wales

Facelis retusa

Stem with spent flowers. Photographer Richard Spellenberg, Texas, USA

Plants with spent flowers. Photographer Sam Kiesnick, Texas, USA

Plants. Photographer Sam Kiesnick, Texas, USA

Common name

Annual trampweed

Family

Asteraceae

Where found

Weed near habitations. Coast, ranges, and the eastern edge of the tablelands.

Notes

Introduced annual herb to 0.3 m high, sprawling. Leaves crowded, 1–2 cm long, 1–3 mm wide, hairless above, white-woolly below, bases stem-clasping. Flower heads 4–7 mm in diameter, cylindrical; bracts appressed to the flower heads 6–11 mm long, tips translucent and with purple markings, or silvery-white. Florets numerous, white.  Flower heads in short clusters at the tops of the stems. Flowering: spring–summer.

PlantNET description with line drawings:  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Facelis~retusa  (accessed 22 January, 2021)