Leucochrysum albicans (A.Cunn.) Paul G.Wilson APNI* Synonyms: Helichrysum albicans A.Cunn. APNI*
Helichrysum albicans var. lanuginosum (DC.) Domin APNI*
Description: Erect perennial woolly herb with woody rootstock, to 45 cm high.
Leaves crowded around base of stems, linear to oblong or broad-obovate, 2.5–10 cm long, 1–9 mm wide, woolly.
Heads solitary on slender peduncles 7–15 cm long; involucre spreading from base, 2–4 cm diam.; involucral bracts multiseriate, outer sessile oblong to ovate, obtuse to acute, straw-coloured to pale brown or purple; inner bracts with long stipe and triangular to narrow-elliptic white or yellow lamina woolly at base.
Achenes 2–3 mm long, glabrous with translucent warts, pappus of plumose bristles.
Flowering: Flowers spring to summer.
Distribution and occurrence: Found in a wide range of communities and habitats from peaty upland to stony plains; widespread.
NSW subdivisions: NC, SC, NT, CT, ST, NWS, CWS, SWS, NWP, SWP, NFWP
Other Australian states: Qld Vic. Tas.
Text by Paul G. Wilson
Taxon concept:
| | Key to the varieties | |
| 1 | Inner involucral bracts yellow | var. albicans |
| Inner involucral bracts white | var. tricolor |
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