Sticky Long-heads
S8, Medium Plant, profile
Sticky Long-heads
S5, Bud & Flowers
Animals
Plants
Info
| Sticky Long-heads S8, Medium Plant, profile | | Sticky Long-heads S5, Bud & Flowers | | ||
Animals Plants Info |
 | Class: | Plants (Plantae) - Land Plants (Charophyta) - Land Plants (Equisetopsida) | ||||||||||||
| Order: | Sunflowers (Asterales) | |||||||||||||
| Family: | Daisy (Asteraceae) iNaturalist Observation | |||||||||||||
| Species: | Sticky Long-heads (Podotheca angustifolia)| This Photo: | 🔍S2, Bud🔎 | Thank you (GrampiansHiker) for confirming the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found in the Murray Mallee SA and possibly elsewhere Plants are ~20-250mm wide (this is very variable). In some plants, they have just the leaves & flower standing up. In others, the flower stem is long, trails along the ground, with multiple flowers. Buds are about 25mm long. Petal-less flowers, with just yellow florets poking out the top of the large flower calyx; ergo "Long-heads". While the florets are always yellow on top, their tubular base can often be red. Notice also that the tips of the sepals are red and bend over into a strong hook. The reason for the large number of "whole plant" photo's is to try and give some impression of their variety.
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