Paper Sunray

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Rhodanthe corymbiflora

Slender cottony-grey annual with woolly, grey leaves. Usually only one leafy stem bearing clusters of 5-15 small daisy flowers which are white with yellow centres.

Details
Flora Type
Herbs
Former Scientific Name
Helipterum corymbiflorum
Other Common Names
Grey Sunray
Distinctive Features

Cottony-grey leaves and stems distinctive.
Biology

Annual. Heavy winter-wet soils. Likes full sun.
Native Status
Native
Flowering Time

Aug-Dec
Taxonomy
Phylum
Tracheophyta (Vascular Plants)
Class
Magnoliopsida (Flowering Plants)
Order
Asterales
Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Rhodanthe
Species
corymbiflora

Source: Atlas of Living Australia

Interesting Facts
Similar Species

Helipterum are now recognised as African and Eurasian plants and Australian members have been reclassified into a number of groups including Rhodanthe.
Native Status
Native