Anemocarpa saxatilis (Paul G.Wilson) Paul G.Wilson APNI* Synonyms: Helipterum saxatile Paul G.Wilson APNI*
Description: Much-branched woody perennial herb to 40 cm high, woolly.
Leaves sessile, oblong to narrow-obovate, c. 3 cm long, 3–8 mm wide, apex acute, margins crinkly.
Heads terminal on slender naked peduncles 1–8 cm long; heads c. 20 mm diam., involucre spreading from base; involucral bracts multiseriate, outer sessile and woolly, inner long-stipitate and glabrous, lamina narrow-elliptic, acute, white to pale pink. Corollas c. 6 mm long, shortly 5-toothed, pale yellow.
Achenes narrow-cylindrical, c. 2 mm long, glabrous; pappus bristles filiform equal to corolla, very shortly plumose.
Flowering: late winter and spring.
Distribution and occurrence: Grows mainly on stony soils, north of Broken Hill.
NSW subdivisions: NFWP
Other Australian states: Qld S.A. N.T.
Text by Paul G. Wilson
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 3 (1992)
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