Creeping Cudweed - native (Euchiton collinus)

Family: Asteraceae (Daisy Family).

Other names: Formerly Euchiton gymnocephalus.

Native.

Occurrence: Scattered.

Identification:

• it has a cluster of usually less than 20 florets
• the leaves at the base of the flower clusters are short and do not, or scarcely, exceed the flower cluster
• it has slender trailing stems, which root and send up new stems (so that it often grows in colonies)
• the upper leaf surface is dull green.

Photos 1: Kaweka Wildflower Reserve 2: Barfold 3: Mt Alexander.