Family: Apiaceae
Plant: An erect daisy-like herb up to 90cm high covered in soft white woolly hairs. It sometimes grows in large colonies.
Flowers: Tiny creamy flowers clustered into a central flower head, surrounded by approximately 10 velvety white bracts with green tips. The flowers are 4-7cm diameter.
Flowering: September-December.
Fruit: Ovate 3-5mm long and 2-3mm wide and covered in long silky hairs.
Leaves: Grey-green, soft and woolly up to 5cm long. They are deeply divided into linear blunt segments.
Habitat: Coastal heathland and dry sclerophyll forest on disturbed and sandy soils.
Features: Soft grey-green, hairy foliage. Large velvety cream daisy-like flowers.
Name:
Actinotus From Greek = having-rays (referring to its flowers)..
helianthi From Greek = sun-flower.
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Type |
Herb |
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Flowers |
Form |
Regular, Single |
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Colour(s) |
Cream, White |
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Petal/Sepal No. |
Many |
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Flowering Month |
9, 10, 11,12 |
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Fruit |
Type |
Other |
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Colour |
Green, Grey |
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Other Features |
Hairy |
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Leaves |
Arrangement |
Alternate |
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Type |
Simple |
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Shape |
- |
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Length |
Short |
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Margins |
Divided/Lobed |
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Attachment |
Stalked |
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Other Features |
Soft, Hairy |
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Bark |
- |
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Habitat |
Dry sclerophyll forest, Heathland |
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