White Cudweed - introduced (*Vellereophyton dealbatum)

Family: Asteraceae (Daisy family).

Native of South Africa.

Occurrence: A weed of disturbed ground, often in damp places.

Identification:

• it is an erect plant, usually to about 20 cm high
• the stem and the narrow leaves are covered with dense white woolly hairs
• the leaves are usually held erect
• the petals are small and white, in clusters towards the tip of the plant.

It is an environmental weed.

Photo 1: White Cudweed. Barkers Creek.
2, 3: White Cudweed in flower. Near Forest Creek, Golden Point.