Camel Dung

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Actinobole uliginosum

Cottony woolly grey-brown to grey-green stemless herb to 10 cm long. Small stalkless woolley leaves. Yellow daisy flowers that are a cylindrical woolly compound head of 1-12 dense clusters of florets surrounded by leaf-like bracts.

Details
Flora Type
Herbs
Other Common Names
Flannel Cudweed
Distinctive Features

Cottony annual prostrate herb, grey brown to grey-green, with dense yellow inflorescence surrounded by leaf-like bracts.
Biology

Annual. Usually grows on sandy soils and in mallee where perennial pasture is sparse, widespread in inland districts.
Native Status
Native
Flowering Time

Sep-Nov
Taxonomy
Phylum
Tracheophyta (Vascular Plants)
Class
Magnoliopsida (Flowering Plants)
Order
Asterales
Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Actinobole
Species
uliginosum

Source: Atlas of Living Australia

Name comes from aktinos = ray, and bolos = lump referring to the shape of the leaf-like bracts under the flowerhead. Seed becomes jelly-like on wetting and sticks it to the soil to aid germination, an adaptation for dry environments.

Interesting Facts
Native Status
Native