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Pycnosorus globosus


Distinctive perennial herb 40-100 cm tall with few unbranched stems that are densely white-woolly. A few narrow leaves at the base with leaves up the stem, all 10-30 cm long and silvery. Large, yellow flower-heads on tall stems.


Details
Flora Type
Herbs
Former Scientific Name
Craspedia globosa
Distinctive Features

Few flower stems.

Native Status
Native
Flowering Time

Sep-Feb

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

Perennial. Heavy soils prone to flooding. Abundant in the Riverina.


Interesting Facts
Similar Species

Pycnosorus is distinguished from the similar Craspedia species by looking at the tiny yellow flowers that make up the flowerhead. In Craspedia they are on a little stalk and in Pycnosorus there is no stem.

Native Status
Native