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Salt Angianthus

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Scientific Name:Angianthus preissianus
Salt Angianthus - buds
Flowerbuds of Salt Angianthus
Photo: A J Brown

Other Common Name:
Common Cup Flower

Status:
Native to Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania.

General Description:
Distinctive grey-green erect plant up to 15 cm high, often forming dense ground covering mats. Stems and leaves are covered in very short, soft cottony hairs.The leaves are oblong-linear, 3-5 mm long and pointed. The flowerheads are greyish-green and cup-shaped with narrow mucronate bracts, and made up of many tiny yellow flowers. They are surrounded by dense white hairs.

Habitat:
Often grows in sandy to clay soils subject to periodic water-logging. Found in saltpans, saline marshes and coastal areas.

RegionSalinity ClassWaterlogging Class
Wimmera, Western, *GippslandS3, S4W2, W3
*confined to coastal

Comments:
Similar to Stiff Cup-flower (Pogonolepis muelleriana) but has fewer leaves on the stems, forms a much denser mat and generally has greyer foliage.

Salt Angianthus Photos

Salt Angianthus - carpet of tiny plants
Salt Angianthus - carpet of tiny plants
Photo: A J Brown
Salt Angianthus with barb grass, spurrey and oval purse
Salt Angianthus (small bluish heads) with Stiff Cup-flower, Coast Barb-grass,
Spurrey and Oval Purse
Photo: A J Brown

Salt Angianthus - population
Thousands of plants in a population of Salt Angianthus
Photo: A J Brown



Young flower-heads of Salt Angianthus
Young flower-heads of Salt Angianthus
Photo: A J Brown

Leaves and flower-heads of Salt Angianthus
Leaves and flower-heads of Salt Angianthus
Photo: A J Brown

Salt Angianthus in a highly saline and drying out environment
Salt Angianthus in a highly saline and drying out environment
Photo: A J Brown
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