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Flannel Cudweed

Actinobole uliginosum

Flannel Cudweed
Photo: Kevin Thiele from Perth, Australia, CC BY 2.0

Flannel cudweed is a small, prostrate, woolly annual daisy from inland Australia that flowers from August to December. It grows in sandy, loamy or granitic soils and suits dry, open ground.

Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Grows as
Annual
Light
Full sun
Water
Needs little water; let the soil dry out between waterings and avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Sandy or loamy, free-draining soil.
Temperature
Tolerates warm, dry conditions typical of inland Australia; frost tolerance not documented in the sources.
How easy
Easy
Native range
Australia
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Actinobole uliginosum commonly known as flannel cudweed, camel dung and cotton weed, is a species of dwarf annual herb in the family Asteraceae. It is a small, prostrate annual forb and grows in all mainland states of Australia.

Where it grows

Flannel cudweed is found on sandy, loamy and granitic soils in a variety of habitats throughout inland Australia.

Other Actinobole plants

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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Actinobole uliginosum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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