Leucochrysum albicans
(A.Cunn.) Paul G.WilsonPerennial, cottony herbs to c. 50 cm high, woody at base. Leaves whitish-cottony or -woolly. Capitula 2–5 cm diam., hemispherical, bracts reflexed in fruit; outer involucral bracts sessile, oblong or ovate, usually brownish or purplish; intermediate bracts with glandular-hairy claws to 6 mm long, laminae 6–15 mm long, yellow or white, base cottony; inner bracts with a shorter lamina and a scariously-winged claw. Cypselas c. obovoid, 2–3 mm long, obscurely angled, brown, smooth to c. warty; pappus bristles 14–20.
MuM, Wim, GleP, VVP, VRiv, MuF, GipP, OtP, WaP, Gold, CVU, GGr, DunT, NIS, EGU, HSF, HNF, MonT, VAlp.
A widespread species. Two subspecies are recognised, both in Victoria.
Short, P.S. (1999). Leucochrysum. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J., Flora of Victoria Vol. 4, Cornaceae to Asteraceae, pp. 789–792. Inkata Press, Melbourne.
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