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Hyalosperma demissum (A.Gray) Paul G.Wilson
Family Asteraceae
Common name: Moss sunray

Hyalosperma demissum (A.Gray) Paul G.Wilson APNI*

Synonyms: Helipterum demissum (A.Gray) Druce APNI*

Description: Much-branched rounded annual 5–20 mm high, sparsely villous to glabrous.

Leaves linear-triquetrous, c. 5 mm long, c. 0.2 mm wide, acuminate.

Heads terminal to branches, subtended by leaves; heads cup-shaped, c. 3 mm long, glabrous, not radiant; involucral bracts pale green to straw-coloured, glossy, innermost with an erect inconspicuous pale brown to off-white apiculum c. 1 mm long. Florets c. 20. Corollas narrow-cylindrical, very shortly 3- or 4-toothed, c. 1.5 mm long.

Achenes obovoid, c. 0.7 mm long, pearly; pappus bristles equal to corolla, plumose throughout.


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Flowering: spring.

Distribution and occurrence: Grows in woodland on shallow soils in exposed situations, chiefly in the West Wyalong district, also scattered in southwestern divisions.
NSW subdivisions: CWS, SWS, SWP, SFWP
Other Australian states: Vic. Tas. W.A. S.A.
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Text by Paul G. Wilson
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 3 (1992)


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