Calocephalus aervoides

Species of flowering plant

Calocephalus aervoides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Calocephalus
Species:
C. aervoides
Binomial name
Calocephalus aervoides
(F.Muell.) Benth.
Synonyms
  • Leucophyta aervoides (F.Muell.) Kuntze
  • Pachysurus aervoides F.Muell.

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]

References

  1. ^ a b Calocephalus aervoides. FloraBase. Western Australian Herbarium.
  2. ^ Calocephalus aervoides. Australian Plant Name Index (APNI).
Taxon identifiers
Calocephalus aervoides
Pachysurus aervoides


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