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Stuartina hamata Philipson
Family Asteraceae
Common name: Hooked Cudweed

Stuartina hamata Philipson APNI*

Description: Herb 2.5–10 cm high.

Leaves with lamina spathulate, circular to broad-obovate, 5–18 mm long, 4–12 mm wide, apex often apiculate, margins entire, upper surface green and sparsely woolly, lower surface densely white woolly; petiole 9–24 mm long, dilated and stem-clasping at the base.

Heads in terminal ovoid to globose clusters of 10–25, 6–10 mm diam.; involucral bracts 5- or 6-seriate, 1–3 mm long, yellowish, woolly, inner successively longer, glabrous, produced into rigid hooked awns.

Achenes cylindrical to ellipsoid, 0.7–0.9 mm long.


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Flowering: late winter to spring.

Distribution and occurrence: Grows in mallee, dry sclerophyll forest and woodland and on rocky hillsides; widespread in inland districts, west from Armidale and Bungendore areas.
NSW subdivisions: NT, ST, NWS, CWS, SWS, NWP, SWP, NFWP, SFWP
Other Australian states: Qld Vic. S.A.
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Text by M. F. Porteners
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.
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