Annual Cudweed

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Euchiton sphaericus

Widespread upright annual daisy with multiple clusters of globular flowerheads with 5-8 floral leaves underneath. Leaves are woolly below and are clustered all the way up the stem.

Details
Flora Type
Herbs
Former Scientific Name
Gnaphalium sphaericum
Distinctive Features

Does not have stolons like many other Euchiton species.
Biology

Annual. Range of habitats and soil types and often colonizes bare ground.
Native Status
Native
Flowering Time

Flowers most of the year.
Taxonomy
Phylum
Tracheophyta (Vascular Plants)
Class
Magnoliopsida (Flowering Plants)
Order
Asterales
Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Euchiton
Species
sphaericus

Source: Atlas of Living Australia

From the Greek Eu = well-developed, chiton = cloak, referring to the woolly covering on many species.

Interesting Facts
Similar Species

Star Cudweed E. involucratus is similar but has only one cluster of flowerheads per stem. Separated from E. involucratus.
Native Status
Native