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Wirewort

Asteridea athrixioides

Wirewort
Photo: Kevin Thiele from Perth, Australia, CC BY 2.0
Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Grows as
Annual
Native range
S. Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Asteridea athrixioides is a herb in the Asteraceae family, which is endemic to Australia, and found in Western Australia, South Australia and Victoria. It was first described in 1853 by Otto Sonder and Ferdinand von Mueller as Panaetia athrixioides, who described it from specimen(s) collected in the Port Lincoln district. In 1980, G. Kroner assigned it to the genus, Asteridea, giving it the name Asteridea athrixioides. It is an annual herb, growing on calcareous, sandy or clay soils to heights of from 5 cm to 20 cm. Its yellow flowers may seen from July to November on saline on allvial flats, rocky hills and undulating plains.

Other Asteridea plants

Asteridea archeri · Asteridea asteroides · Asteridea chaetopoda · Asteridea croniniana · Asteridea morawana · Asteridea nivea · Common Bristle Daisy · Asteridea

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Asteridea athrixioides 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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