Plants of the Castlemaine District

Small Wrinklewort - native (Siloxerus multiflorus)

 
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Family: Asteraceae (Daisy family).

Other names: Tiny Cauliflowers, formerly Rutidosus multiflora.

Native.

Occurrence: Widespread and common. It is often growing in colonies.

Small Wrinklewort is a compound daisy, made up of numerous flowers clustered into a common head, and surrounded by floral leaves. The plant grows to a only a few centimetres high.

Identification:

multiflorus: many flowered, referring to the compound head.

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Photos: Kalimna, Castlemaine.