Angianthus brachypappus

F.Muell. Spreading Angianthus
Trans. Philos. Soc. Victoria 1: 44 (1855)
Taxonomic status Accepted
Occurrence status Present
Origin Native
Degree of establishment Native
Threat status
FFG: Endangered (EN)

Decumbent to erect, cobwebbed annual to c. 14 cm high, simple or branched. Leaves oblanceolate, narrowly elliptic or c. linear, 10–32 mm long, 1–5 mm wide. Compound heads ovoid or ellipsoid, often narrowly so, 10–39 mm long, 5–8 mm diam., with 100–300 capitula; bracts subtending compound heads inconspicuous or to c. one-quarter the length of the head. Capitulum-subtending bracts 1(–3), hyaline; capitular bracts 2.1–3.2 mm long, midrib hairy towards apex. Florets 2 per capitulum; corolla 5-lobed, tube 1.3–2.2 mm long. Cypselas obovoid, 0.5–0.8 mm long, c. 0.3 mm diam., papillose; pappus cup-shaped, variably jagged, often with 1 or 2 bristles half to two-thirds the length of the corolla. Flowers Sep.–Dec.

LoM, MuM, Wim, MSB, MuF. Also SA, Qld, NSW. Rare in Victoria and confined to the north-west, often on edges of saline depressions.

Source:

Short, P.S. (1999). Angianthus. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J., ‍Flora of Victoria Vol. 4, Cornaceae to Asteraceae‍, pp. 812–814. Inkata Press, Melbourne.

Updated by: Val Stajsic, 9 May 2018
Angianthus brachypappus (hero image) Spinning
Angianthus brachypappus (distribution map) Spinning