Delicate Copperwire Daisy

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©Adrian Shackley

Podolepis tepperi


Small few-branched annual to 15 cm. Leaves are cobwebbed, especially on the lower surface. Greenish bracts under the flowerhead. Pale yellow flowers are bell-shaped and are all tubular with no showy strap petals.


Details
Flora Type
Herbs
Other Common Names
Delicate Podolepis
Distinctive Features

Cobweb of hairs on the leaves. Very thin flower stems like copper wire.

Biology

Annual. Sandy soils in the mallee.

Native Status
Native
Flowering Time

Aug-Oct

Taxonomy
Phylum
Tracheophyta (Vascular Plants)
Class
Magnoliopsida (Flowering Plants)
Order
Asterales
Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Podolepis
Species
tepperi

Interesting Facts
Native Status
Native