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Calocephalus aervoides

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Genus
  
Calocephalus

Higher classification
  
Daisy family

Order
  
Asterales

Scientific name
  
Calocephalus aervoides

Rank
  
Species

Similar
  
Daisy family, Asterales, Calocephalus, Leucophyta

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

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.

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

References

Calocephalus aervoides Wikipedia