Calocephalus aervoides

Calocephalus aervoides is a species of flowering plant in the aster family, Asteraceae, native to Western Australia. Its common name is woolly beauty-heads.[1]

Calocephalus aervoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Asterids
Order:
Asterales
Family:
Asteraceae
Genus:
Calocephalus
Species:
C. aervoides
Binomial name
Calocephalus aervoides
Synonyms
  • Leucophyta aervoides (F.Muell.) Kuntze
  • Pachysurus aervoides F.Muell.

This species is a herb growing up to 15 centimetres tall. It produces yellow flowers in September and October. It grows on plains with loam and sandy soils over limestone substrates.[1]

The species was first formally described by the botanist Ferdinand von Mueller as Pachysurus aervoides in Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae in 1863.[2]

References
  1. Calocephalus aervoides. FloraBase. Western Australian Herbarium.
  2. Calocephalus aervoides. Australian Plant Name Index (APNI).


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