Podotheca gnaphalioides

Common name: Golden Long-heads

Meaning of name:

Podotheca is from the Greek words podos, meaning foot, and thece, meaning box. Gnaphalioides is named after the genus Gnaphalium and the suffix -oides, meaning like.

Distribution:

Occurs in the southwest of Western Australia.

Description:

An annual to 50 centimetres tall. The yellow flower heads are produced in September and October.

References:

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/2889330

Florabase https://florabase.dbca.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/8184