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Leiocarpa panaetioides

Much-branched silvery grey bushy herb or subshrub to 60 cm high with young stems covered in woolly cobwebbed hairs. Narrow small leaves to 1.5 cm long with margins bent backwards, covered in cobwebbed hairs. Small bright yellow daisy flowers 8-10 cm diameter.

Details
Flora Type
Herbs
Former Scientific Name
Leptorhynchos panaetioides, Helichrysum panaetioides, Ixiolaena panaetioides, Ixiolaena sp.
Distinctive Features

Leaf surfaces densely hairy with tangled hairs, more densely so on lower surface.
Biology

Perennial. Well-drained soils in grasslands. Tolerates dry conditions.
Native Status
Native
Flowering Time

Sep-Jan
Taxonomy
Phylum
Tracheophyta (Vascular Plants)
Class
Magnoliopsida (Flowering Plants)
Order
Asterales
Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Leiocarpa
Species
panaetioides

Source: Atlas of Living Australia

Leiocarpa is distinguished from the similar Leptorhynchos by its seeds and the bracts under the flowerheads. Both features need a hand lens or microscope to distinguish.

Interesting Facts
Similar Species

Similar to Leiocarpa leptolepis but larger flowerheads and leaves.
Native Status
Native