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Small Headed Angianthus

Angianthus microcephalus

Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Grows as
Succulent, Annual
Native range
Western Australia

About

Angianthus microcephalus, commonly known as small-headed angianthus, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, and is endemic to the far west of Western Australia. It is a low-lying or ascending annual herb with succulent, narrowly elliptic or more or less linear leaves, broadly oval to very broadly oval compound heads of 10 to 40 yellow flowers, and oval achenes with a scaly pappus.

Where it grows

Small-headed angianthus grows in sandy or clayey soils in salt swaps and pans in the Carnarvon, Geraldton Sandplains, Murchison and Yalgoo bioregions in the far west of Western Australia.

Other Angianthus plants

Hook Leaf Angianthus · Angianthus brachypappus · Angianthus conocephalus · Angianthus cornutus · Coast Angianthus · Angianthus cyathifer · Angianthus drummondii · Angianthus glabratus · Angianthus globuliformis · Angianthus halophilus · Angianthus micropodioides · Cone Spike Angianthus

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Angianthus microcephalus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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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