Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Pseudognaphalium luteoalbum
Common name
Jersey cudweed
Family
Asteraceae
Where found
Variety of habitats including forest, woodland, and open disturbed sites, often near water. Widespread.
Notes
Annual herb to 0.55 m tall. Stems woolly. Basal leaves withering early. Stem leaves alternating up the stems, 1–6.5 cm long, 1–8 mm wide, bases slightly stem clasping, surfaces hairy, margins sometimes curved to rolled down, often wavy. Flower heads about 3-4 mm long, 4-6 mm in diameter, urn-shaped to oval. Florets cream to yellow, with 0 petals, in clusters of about 5-20. Flowers most of year.
Laphangium luteoalbum in Vic.
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=Pseudognaphalium~luteoalbum (accessed 1 February, 2021)
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