Spoon Cudweed - native (Stuartina muelleri)

Family: Asteraceae (Daisy family).

Native.

Occurrence: Common.

Identification:

• its size ranges from a few centimetres high in a dry forest situation to a spreading plant to about 30cm (as in the photographs)
• it is a composite daisy i.e. the apparent flower is made up of several flowers grouped together
• the leaves are stalkless, but narrow at the base so that they appear long-stalked
• stems and flower clusters are cottony-hairy.

Photos 1: Smiths Reef. 2,3: Muckleford.