Pale Beauty Heads
Calocephalus sonderi
Woolly grey to silvery erect plant to 40 cm high. Narrow grey leaves mostly alternate, broadening towards tips, densely hairy, upper leaves smaller. Abundant pale yellow or white flowers in round compound heads held on long stalks.
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Flora Type | Herbs |
Other Common Names | Yellow Poverty Weed |
Distinctive Features | Alternate leaves and annual growth habitat are distinctive. |
Biology | Annual. Grows in grassland or open woodland on sandy to clay soils. Widespread. Can be common over wide areas, especially after heavy spring rains in low-lying areas. |
Native Status | Native |
Flowering Time | Oct-Mar |