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White Cudweed

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Scientific Name:Vellereophyton dealbatum (syn. Gnaphalium coarctatum, Gnaphalium candidissimum)
White Cudweed plants
White Cudweed plants
Photo: A J Brown

Status:
Introduced from South Africa. Naturalised in Australia and New Zealand.

Plant Description:
Annual herb to 50 cm high. Silver-woolly overall. Basal leaves soon withering. Stem leaves oblanceolate (backward pointing spear-shaped), 1-5 cm long and 1-7 mm wide.

Flower-heads 10-40 in near-globular clusters. Inner flower bracts with purple claws. Each head has 20-30 female floreets and a few bisexual florets. Fruit an achene, 0.4 mm long, brown with a 1.5 mm pappus.

Habitat:
Scattered through most of the higher rainfall areas of Victoria on disturbed sites. Usually indicative of freshwater environments but may grow on the fringes of salt lakes and swamps.
RegionSalinity ClassWaterlogging Class
Central and Northern, Wimmera, Western, GippslandS0, *S1, *S2W0, W1, W2
*may be found on or fringing saline sites during the wetter parts of the year

White Cudweed photos

Leaves and stems of Whtie Cudweed
Leaves and stems of White Cudweed
Photo: A J Brown
White Cudweed flower-heads
White Cudweed flower-heads
Photo: A J Brown

White Cudweed flower-heads
White Cudweed flower-heads
Photo: A J Brown

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