A small prostrate herb, the Flannel Cudweed (Actinobole uliginosum) is endemic to Australia, found in a variety of habitats, such as sandy, loamy and granitic soils.
The leaves are clustered at the base of the plant, alternating along the stems. The early leaves are grey, spade-shaped, covered in silky hairs. It then transform into a saucer-shaped mat with swollen, white or cream to pale yellow flowers.
Common Name
Flannel Cudweed, Cotton Weed, Camel Dung.
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Plantae
- Phylum: Charophyta
- Class: Equisetopsida
- Subclass: Magnoliidae
- Superorder: Asteranae
- Order: Asterales
- Family: Asteraceae
- Genus: Actinobole
- Species: Actinobole uliginosum
Footnote & References
- Actinobole uliginosum (A.Gray) H.Eichler, Camel Dung, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://id.biodiversity.org.au/node/apni/2915821
- Flannel Cudweed (Actinobole uliginosum), iNaturalistAU, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/634501-Actinobole-uliginosum
- Actinobole uliginosum, Lucid Key Server, https://keys.lucidcentral.org/keys/v3/scotia/key/Plants%20and%20Fungi%20of%20south%20western%20NSW/Media/Html/Actinobole_uliginosum.htm
- Genus = Actinobole, Australian Plant Image Index, Australian National Botanic Gardens, https://www.anbg.gov.au/photo/apii/genus/Actinobole
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