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Minuria leptophylla plant3 NC - Flickr - Macleay Grass Man

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Description: Native, yearlong green, perennial, sparsely hairy herb to 50 cm tall. Leaves are linear, to 4 cm long, 1 mm wide and nearly hairless to hairy. Ray florets are white or purple and 5–9 mm long. Achenes are pubescent, with a pappus of many, free, uniform bristles 2.5–4 mm long. Disc florets are 2.8–4 mm long, glabrous; Achenes have a pappus of many short bristles 0.6–1.2 mm long and 2–6 longer bristles 2.2–3.1 mm long with barbs denser apically. Flowering is throughout the year. Grows in low shrubland, sclerophyll forest and woodland on a wide variety of soils; west from the Singleton area. Date: 15 October 2015, 14:12. Source: Minuria leptophylla plant3 NC. Author: Harry Rose from Dungog, Australia. Camera location32° 36′ 03.31″ S, 151° 43′ 47.73″ E View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap-32.600920; 151.729925.

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