Common white sunray | |
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growing near Mount Oxley, Australia | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Genus: | Rhodanthe |
Species: | R. floribunda |
Binomial name | |
Rhodanthe floribunda | |
Synonyms [1] | |
Helipterum floribundumDC. |
Rhodanthe floribunda, commonly known as common white sunray, [2] is a flowering, herbaceous plant in the family Asteraceae. It is a small, upright or decumbent plant with white flowers, yellow florets and is endemic to Australia.
Rhodanthe floribunda is an upright or ascending, bushy annual to 30 cm (12 in) high with woolly or almost smooth stems arising from the base. The leaves are sessile, narrow, linear, greyish-green, 10–20 mm (0.39–0.79 in) long, 0.5–2 mm (0.020–0.079 in) wide and the apex rounded. The flower heads are 1–2 cm (0.39–0.79 in) in diameter, borne singly at the end of leafy branchlets. The bracts are arranged in several rows, white, dry, pointed, mostly upright or the inner bracts spreading, corolla about 5 mm (0.20 in) long, toothed and the 20-50 florets yellow. Flowering occurs from August to January but mostly in spring and the fruit is a rounded achene about 3 mm (0.12 in) long and covered with soft, silky, weak hairs. [2] [3] [4]
This species was first described as Helipterum florabundum in 1838 by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle from an unpublished description by Allan Cunningham. [5] In 1992 Paul G. Wilson changed the name to Rhodanthe floribunda and the description was published in Nuytsia . [6] [7] The specific epithet (floribunda) means "flowering profusely". [8]
Common white sunray grows in semi-arid locations on a variety of soil types including sand and clay in New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, Western Australia, South Australia and the Northern Territory. [2] [3]
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Nematolepis ovatifolia, is a small shrub with rusty coloured scales on the stems, smooth, glossy leaves and white flowers in small clusters in summer. It is endemic to New South Wales.
Schoenia filifolia is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, and is endemic to the southwest of Western Australia. It is an annual herb with terete leaves and yellow, daisy-like inflorescences.
Coronidium rupicola, commonly known as the yellow button, is a flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is a small, upright, perennial shrub with yellow flowers borne on a single stem and is endemic to Queensland, Australia.
Brachyscome spathulata, commonly known as spoon-leaved daisy, is a flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It has dark green leaves, mauve daisy-like flowers and grows in New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria and the Australian Capital Territory.
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Rhodanthe humboltiana, commonly known as the golden cluster everlasting, is a flowering annual in the family Asteraceae. It is a small, upright, branching plant with yellow flowers, and is endemic to Western Australia.
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Hyalosperma demissum, commonly known as moss sunray, is a flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is a small, annual herb with whitish yellow flowers and is endemic to Australia.
Podolepis hieracioides commonly known as long podolepis, is a flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and grows in New South Wales and Victoria. It is a small perennial with yellow flowers.
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Leucochrysum alpinum, commonly known as alpine sunray, is a flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is a small, clumping perennial with grey leaves, white flower-heads and is endemic to Australia.