PlantNET Home DONATE TODAY | PlantNET Home | Search NSW Flora | Contact Us  
FloraOnline
Introduction
Plant Name Search
Index Search
Spatial Search
Identification Keys
Classification
Glossary
WeedAlert
Telopea Journal
Other Data Sources
NEW SOUTH WALES FLORA ONLINE Printable Page

Acanthocladium dockeri F.Muell.
Family Asteraceae
Common name: Spiny Everlasting

Acanthocladium dockeri F.Muell. APNI*

Synonyms: Helichrysum dockeri (F.Muell.) Benth. APNI*

Description: Shrub, white-velvety with glabrous spines at the end of branchlets.

Leaves elliptic to oblanceolate, 7–12 mm long, 2–4 mm wide.

Heads 8–10 mm long, 5–8 mm wide; involucral bracts in series; outer bracts ovate, inner ones linear-lanceolate, tomentose with margins and apex glabrous.


Flowering: recorded March

Distribution and occurrence: Achenes with 80-90 pappus bristles. Grows on sandhills of the Murray-Darling R. system; rare, recorded last century, possibly extinct.
NSW subdivisions: ?NFWP, SFWP
Other Australian states: S.A.
Threatened species: NSW BCA: Presumed Extinct; Commonwealth EPBC: Critically Endangered
AVH map***

This species is considered data-deficient by Saving our Species (SoS, DPIE) which means a conservation project cannot be developed for it. Visit their website and contact SoS if you have additional information.

Text by J. Everett
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 3 (1992)


APNI* Provides a link to the Australian Plant Name Index (hosted by the Australian National Botanic Gardens) for comprehensive bibliographic data
***The AVH map option provides a detailed interactive Australia wide distribution map drawn from collections held by all major Australian herbaria participating in the Australian Virtual Herbarium project.
  Privacy | Copyright | Disclaimer | About PlantNET | Cite PlantNET