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Calocephalus sonderi

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Calocephalus sonderi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Calocephalus
Species:
C. sonderi
Binomial name
Calocephalus sonderi

Calocephalus sonderi (common name pale beauty-heads)[1] is a plant in the family Asteraceae,[2] found in South Australia, Victoria, Queensland and New South Wales.[1]

It was first described by Ferdinand von Mueller in 1859.[2][3] The specific epithet, sonderi, honours the German botanist Otto Wilhelm Sonder.[3]

Description

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Calocephalus sonderi is an annual, erect herb, growing from 10 cm to 50 cm high and is woolly, and grey to silvery in colour.[1] The leaves are mostly alternate and from 2–3 cm long by 1 mm to 2 mm wide.[1] The upper leaves smaller and have non-hairy appendage at their apices.[1] It flowers from spring to summer and is found in grasslands and open woodlands.[1] It is widespread in inland New South Wales.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g "PlantNET - FloraOnline: Calocephalus sonderi". plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au. Archived from the original on 24 July 2005. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Calocephalus sonderi". Australian Plant Name Index, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
  3. ^ a b Ferdinand von Mueller (1859), Report on the plants collected during Mr. Babbage's expedition into the north-western interior of South Australia in 1858, vol. 3, Victoria - Parliamentary Papers- Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly, p. 13, doi:10.5962/BHL.TITLE.124966, Wikidata Q6105844
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