Asteridea pulverulenta

Asteridea is from the Greek words aster, meaning star, and idea, meaning form or appearance. Pulverulenta is from the Latin word pulverulentus, meaning full of dust, dusty or powdery.

Reported from the southwest of Western Australia.

An erect herb to 70 centimetres tall. The white flowers are produced from October to January.

Western Australian Plant Names and their Meanings, a Glossary. FA Sharr. 1996.

Flora of the Perth Region. NG Marchant, JR Wheeler, BL Rye, EM Bennett, NS Lander, TD Macfarlane. 1987.

Atlas of Living Australia https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://id.biodiversity.org.au/node/apni/2918187

Florabase https://florabase.dbca.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/7851

Why are there no photographs available for this plant?

The main reason why some plants don’t have photographs is because we haven’t found the plant yet. We have had a few flora surveys conducted and they have indicated that this plant can be found in the bush. The problem is that we just don’t know where in the bush to find it. And if we can’t find it, we can’t photograph it.

Another problem we have is that, while we have a name for the plant, we don’t know what it actually looks like. It’s very difficult to find a plant if you’re not sure what you’re looking for.

But rest assured that as soon as we have photographs for this plant we’ll put them on the website.