Calocephalus aervoides | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Genus: | Calocephalus |
Species: | C. aervoides |
Binomial name | |
Calocephalus aervoides | |
Synonyms | |
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Calocephalus aervoides is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, native to Western Australia. Its common name is woolly beauty-heads. [1]
This species is a herb growing up to 15 centimetres tall. It produces yellow flowers in September and October. It grows on plains with loam and sandy soils over limestone substrates. [1]
The species was first formally described by the botanist Ferdinand von Mueller as Pachysurus aervoides in Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae in 1863. [2]
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