Biology:Asteridea pulverulenta

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Asteridea pulverulenta
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Asteridea
Species:
A. pulverulenta
Binomial name
Asteridea pulverulenta
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Occurrence data from AVH
Synonyms[3]

Athrixia australis Steetz
Athrixia pulverulenta Druce

Asteridea pulverulenta (common name - common bristle daisy)[4] is a species of flowering plant in the Asteraceae family, which is endemic to Western Australia,[3] in the south-west.[4] It was first described in 1839 by John Lindley.[1][2]

Description

It is an annual herb, growing on sandy soils to heights of from 5 cm to 70 cm. Its white flowers may seen from October to January on coastal dunes and sandplains.[4]

Lindley describes the plant as having a dusty indumentum ("undique pilis mollibus ramentaceis pulverulenta"),[2] and uses the adjective, pulverulenta ("powdered, dusty"),[5] as the epithet to describe this characteristic of the plant.

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q15592143 entry