Calocephalus aervoides
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Calocephalus |
| Species: | C. aervoides
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Calocephalus aervoides is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, native to Western Australia. Its common name is woolly beauty-heads.[1]
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.[1]
The species was first formally described by the botanist Ferdinand von Mueller as Pachysurus aervoides in Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae in 1863.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Calocephalus aervoides. FloraBase. Western Australian Herbarium.
- ^ Calocephalus aervoides. Australian Plant Name Index (APNI).
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