Actinobole uliginosum

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Flannel cudweed
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Actinobole
Species:
A. uliginosum
Binomial name
Actinobole uliginosum
Synonyms
  • Gnaphalodes evacina Sond.
  • Gnaphalodes evacinumSond. orth. var.
  • Gnaphalodes uliginosaA.Gray
  • Gnaphalodes uliginosum A.Gray [orth. var.] [2]
Habit near Bourke, NSW Actinoboleuliginosum15229593887 c3ec01425a o.jpg
Habit near Bourke, NSW

Actinobole uliginosum commonly known as flannel cudweed, camel dung and cotton weed, [3] is a species of dwarf annual herb in the family Asteraceae. It is a small, prostrate, annual forb and grows in all mainland states of Australia.

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Taxonomy

This species was first formally described by Asa Gray who gave it the name Gnaphalodes uliginosa in Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany from specimens collected by James Drummond in the Swan River Colony. [4] [5] In 1963 Hansjörg Eichler transferred the species to Actinobole as A. uliginosum. [6] [2]

Habitat/ecology

Flannel cudweed is found on sandy, loamy and granitic soils in a variety of habitats throughout inland Australia. [7] [8]

References

  1. ↑ "Actinobole uliginosum". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 23 November 2025.
  2. 1 2 "Actinobole uliginosum". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 23 November 2025.
  3. ↑ Kutsche, Frank; Lay, Brendan; Croft, Tim; Kellermann, Jurgen (2013). Plants of Outback South Australia. Adelaide: State Herbarium of South Australia. p. 141. ISBN   9781922027603.
  4. ↑ Grey, Asa (1852). "Characters of some South-west Australian Compositae, principally of the subtribe Gnaphalieae". Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany. 4: 228. Retrieved 23 November 2025.
  5. ↑ "Gnaphalodes uliginosa". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 23 November 2025.
  6. ↑ Eichler, Hj. (1963). "Some new names and new combinations relevant to the Australian flora". Taxon. 12 (8): 295–297. doi:10.2307/1216578. JSTOR   1216578.
  7. ↑ "Florabase: Actinobole uliginosum". Western Australian Herbarium. Accessed 25 March 2018
  8. ↑ "VicFlora: Actinobole uliginosum". Royal Botanic Gardens Foundation Victoria. Accessed 25 March 2018


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