Woolly Mantle

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Eriochlamys behrii


Aromatic small herb to 10 cm high with woolly erect wiry stems branching from the base. Thin erect leaves to 10 mm long. Yellow flowers in compound heads at ends of stems surrounded by copious long grey-white to pale yellow-green woolly hairs.


Details
Flora Type
Herbs
Distinctive Features

Small aromatic annual with dense round flowerheads surrounded by woolly hairs.

Biology

Annual. Grows in woodland, mallee, sand plains and low turfs especially on saline soils

Native Status
Native
Flowering Time

Sep-Jan

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

Interesting Facts
Native Status
Native