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Stiff Cup-Flower

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Scientific Name:Pogonolepis muelleriana (syn. Angianthus strictus)

Stiff-cupped flower plant
Stiff Cup-flower plant
Photo: A J Brown

Status:
Native to Western Australia, South Australia, New South Wales and Victoria.

Plant Description:
Small herb with prostrate to ascending stems to 15 cm long. Leaves narrow triangular to linear, 3-16 mm long and less than 1 mm wide. Flowers in small compound heads 2-5 mm wide surrounded by leaf like, stiff bracts. Each flower yellow, tube-like with tiny lobes. Flowering from late winter to mid summer.
Habitat:Often occurring on the margins of saline depressions and around salt lakes.

RegionSalinity ClassWaterlogging Class
Mallee, Loddon Murray, Central and Northern, WimmeraS2, S3W2, W3

Comments:
Similar to Salt Angianthus (Angianthus preissianus) but stems are more leafy, foliage normally greener and forms less dense mats. Often drying out to a rusty-red colour.

Stiff Cup-Flower Photos
Stiff-cupped flower plant
Stiff Cup-flower plants
Photo: A J Brown
Stiff-cupped flower flower
Stiff Cup-flower flower
Photo: A J Brown
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