Ammobium alatum plant19 NT - Flickr - Macleay Grass Man

Description:

Description: Native, warm season, perennial or facultative annual herb, 60–100 cm tall. Stems are usually much-branched, winged and woolly. Lamina of rosette leaves are narrow-ovate to ± hastate, mostly 4–6 cm long, with both surfaces ± woolly; petiole is 7–10 cm long and winged. Cauline leaves are few, bract-like and sessile. Heads have an involucral of bracts which are white and papery, with margins jagged. Florets are tubular and yellow, becoming darker with age. Flowering is in summer. Grows in grassland and woodland, sometimes covering extensive areas, common on roadsides; widespread. Date: 25 November 2015, 10:02. Source: Ammobium alatum plant19 NT. Author: Harry Rose from Dungog, Australia.