Flowering plants. Photo: Don Wood, Scotia Sanctuary, NSW

Common Name

Wires-and-wool; Wires-a-wool

Family

Asteraceae

Notes

Annual forb, prostrate. Leaves alternating along the stems, 0.5-2cm long, less than 1mm wide, linear, hairless or sticky. Flowers white, with 0 petals. Flower heads globular, borne singly at the ends of the stems. Presumed extinct Vic.

Description and photo (as Angianthus burkittii) in G.M. Cunningham, WE Mulham, PL Milthorpe and J H Leigh (1981 and later printings) Plants of Western New South Wales page 709

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

FloraBase photo: http://florabase.dec.wa.gov.au/browse/photo/12628