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Podotheca gnaphalioides
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Scientific classification
Genus:
Podotheca
Species:
gnaphalioides
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Occurrence data from AVH
Synonyms

Lophoclinium citrinum Endl.
Podosperma gnaphaloides (Graham) F.Muell.

Podotheca gnaphalioides (common name, golden long-heads) is a small annual herb in the family Asteraceae, endemic to Western Australia. It grows from 2 cm to 60 cm tall and is an often sticky herb, which is erect or decumbent (lying along the ground), and whose yellow or orange-yellow flowers are seen from August to November. It grows on a variety of soils, but tends to prefer sandy soils.

Taxonomy

It was first described in 1845 by Robert Graham as Podotheca gnaphalioides.

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