Calocephalus sonderi | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Genus: | Calocephalus |
Species: | C. sonderi |
Binomial name | |
Calocephalus sonderi | |
Calocephalus sonderi (common name pale beauty-heads) [1] is a plant in the family Asteraceae, [2] found in South Australia, Victoria, Queensland and New South Wales. [1]
It was first described by Ferdinand von Mueller in 1859. [2] [3] The specific epithet, sonderi, honours the German botanist Otto Wilhelm Sonder. [3]
Calocephalus sonderi is an annual, erect herb, growing from 10 cm to 50 cm high and is woolly, and grey to silvery in colour. [1] The leaves are mostly alternate and from 2–3 cm long by 1 mm to 2 mm wide. [1] The upper leaves smaller and have non-hairy appendage at their apices. [1] It flowers from spring to summer and is found in grasslands and open woodlands. [1] It is widespread in inland New South Wales. [1]
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