Woolly New Holland Daisy: Flower

Woolly New Holland Daisy (Vittadinia gracilis)

Class:

Plants (Plantae) - Land Plants (Charophyta) - Land Plants (Equisetopsida)

Order:

Sunflowers (Asterales)

Family:

Daisy (Asteraceae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

Woolly New Holland Daisy (Vittadinia gracilis)

This Photo:

Flower

Synonym:

Vittadinia triloba var lanuginosa

Other name:

Fuzzweed

Thank you Tony and Jenny Dominelli for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
A grey looking small bush.
The flowers, on the end of stems, have Lilac petals with yellow centre.
When it seeds the seed head is a brilliant white, with seeds being carried away in the wind.

This species is classed as

LC (Least Concern)

in the Murray Mallee, SA, by DENR (Regional Species Status Assessments, July 2010)

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