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Jersey Cudweed photos | Family: Daisy (Asteraceae syn. compositate) |
Scientific Name: | Pseudognaphalium luteoalbum (syn. Gnaphalium luteo-album) | Jersey Cudweed plant Photo: A J Brown | |||||
Status | Native throughout Australia. | ||||||
Plant Description: | Erect, annual herb to 45 cm high, branching from the base. Greyish white and woolly covering. Basal leaves withering early. Stem leaves oblanceolate (backward pointing spear-shaped) to linear and up to 5 cm long and 5 mm wide. Flower-heads many, ovoid in shape to 4 mm long. Outer bracts are shiny yellow, flowers yellow. Fruit an achene, 0.6 mm long, brown and hairy with a pappus 3 mm long. | ||||||
Habitat: | Widespread throughout Victoria in a range of vegetation communities. Usually indicative of freshwater environments but may grow on the fringes of salt lakes and swamps.
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Leaves and stem of Jersey Cudweed Photo: A J Brown | Flower-heads of Jersey Cudweed Photo: A J Brown |
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