Common Name

Woolly Mantle

Family

Asteraceae

Notes

Aromatic annual forb 3-15cm tall.  Leaves alternating along the stem, with basal lobes, 0.3-1.1cm long, about 1mm wide, flattened cylindrical, hairy becoming hairless with age, with down-rolled margins, and pointed tips.  Flower heads white and woolly, with 0 petals. Flower heads oval, borne singly, in distinct clusters of 2-3, or 3-6 crowded in globular clusters, at the ends of the stems.  Rare Vic.

Description and photo in G.M. Cunningham, WE Mulham, PL Milthorpe and J H Leigh (1981 and later printings) Plants of Western New South Wales page 710

PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Eriochlamys~behrii

Photo of flowering plant. Photo: Richard Hartland, Pink Lakes, VicF