Rhodanthe moschata
(A.Cunn. ex DC.) Paul G.WilsonErect annual herb, to 40 cm high; branches cottony or woolly. Leaves alternate, c. lanceolate to oblanceolate, 10–50 mm long, 2–10 mm wide, cottony and generally grey-green, the uppermost somewhat amplexicaul. Capitula heterogamous, c. cylindric, 4–5 mm long, sessile, c. 5–25 in terminal, loose, head-like clusters; involucral bracts woolly at base, whitish, silvery or slightly yellowish, lacking a petaloid lamina. Florets 2–3(–4) per capitulum, somewhat enveloped in wool, 1(–2) bisexual, the rest male. Cypselas c. 2 mm long, sparsely long-papillate; pappus persistent, of 5–10 weak, plumose bristles. Flowers Aug.–Dec.
LoM, MuM, VRiv, MSB, RobP. Also NT, SA, Qld, NSW. In Victoria mostly in the far north-west, where usually in sandy soil in shrubland and mallee eucalypt associations, but with a disjunct record from a seasonal swamp at Little Desert.
Short, P.S. (1999). Rhodanthe. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J., Flora of Victoria Vol. 4, Cornaceae to Asteraceae, pp. 752–757. Inkata Press, Melbourne.
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