Asteraceae Gnephosis Wildflowershttps://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/asteraceae/gnephosis/rss/asteraceae/gnephosisA wildflower is a flower that grows in the wild, meaning it was not intentionally seeded or planted. Use this database to help you find and identify Australia's abundant Wildflowers.en-auCopyright 2001 - 2024 I.T. Beyond Pty Ltd1440https://cdn.exploroz.com/exploroz/images/logo.pngExplorOz Logohttps://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/asteraceae/gnephosis/rss/asteraceae/gnephosisErect yellow heads https://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/587+erect-yellow-headshttps://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/587+erect-yellow-heads<a href="https://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/587+erect-yellow-heads"><img src="https://cdn.exploroz.com/images/GalleryTag_W587__TN130.jpg" border="0" align="left" hspace="5" /></a> Annual herb, stems erect, 5–30 cm long, nearly glabrous to cottony. Leaves lanceolate to linear, 4–34 mm long, c. 0.5–4 mm wide, midrib ± prominent on lower surface, glabrous to cottony, ± glandular. Compound heads ± depressed-ovoid, c. 8 mm diam.; general involucre a third as long as head, inconspicuous at maturity, of numerous leaf-like cottony bracts, innermost with apex yellow hyaline; partial heads 50–300, each with 2 florets, bracts 6–11, 2- or 3-seriate, ± narrow oblong, flat to concave c. 2 mm long, hyaline with opaque midrib, glabrous or sparsely hairy near apex of midrib, ± glandular hairy, lamina ± constricted in upper region, upper part yellow. Achenes c. 1 mm long, brown, papillose; pappus cup-like. <br /> Family: Asteraceae &nbsp; Genus: Gnephosis &nbsp; Species: arachnoidea &nbsp; Main Flower Colour: Yellow<br />Stephen L (Clare) SAWed, 19 Nov 2014 05:44:00 GMT