Cotton Fireweed - native (Senecio quadridentatus)

Family: Asteraceae (Daisy family).

Native of Australia (all States).

Occurrence: A widespread plant and grows in a variety of habitats. It may be abundant after fire.

Identification:

• it is an erect cottony plant to about a metre high
• the leaves are narrow, dull green, and sometimes cottony on top and always cottony underneath
• the flower are cylindrical
• the yellow petals protrude past the green floral leaves (bracts).

Cotton Fireweed is a variable species. The plant is toxic to stock.

Photos 1: Dried specimen. Harcourt North.
2. Cotton Fireweed. Mt Beckwith
3: Flowers. Mt Alexander.