Common Cudweed - native (Euchiton involucratus)

Family: Asteraceae (Daisy Family).

Native.

Occurrence: Scattered.

Identification:

• it usually has a cluster of more than 20 florets
• there are 3-6 (or more) leaves radiating from the base of the flower cluster
• the floral leaves exceed the cluster by 1 to 4 centimetres
• the basal rosette of leaves is withered at flowering.

It has fewer florets in the flower head than Star Cudweed.

Photos: Castlemaine Botanic Gardens.