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Hyalosperma cotula

Hyalosperma cotula
Photo: Kevin Thiele from Perth, Australia, CC BY 2.0
Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Grows as
Annual
Water
Likes moisture
Native range
S. Australia

About

Hyalosperma cotula is a plant in the Asteraceae family, native to Western Australia, South Australia, and Victoria. It was first described in 1837 by George Bentham as Helichrysum cotula, but was transferred to the genus, Hyalosperma, in 1989 by Paul Wilson.

It is a slender, erect, annual herb, growing from 0.05 to 0.25 m high, in damp places. The white /yellow flowers may be seen from July to December.

Other Hyalosperma plants

Moss Sunray · Golden Sunray · Hyalosperma praecox · Hyalosperma simplex · Hyalosperma

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Hyalosperma cotula 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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