Botanical name

Metalasia inversa

Family

Asteraceae
Metalasia inversa
Metalasia inversa
Metalasia inversa
Metalasia inversa
Metalasia inversa
Metalasia inversa

Description

Erect or sprawling white-woolly shrublet to 40cm. Leaves spreading, twisted, 4-15mm long, with axillary tufts; flowerheads discoid, several, fused in dense terminal clusters, 5-flowered; outer bracts shorter than inner.

Latin: inversus, turned upside down or turned about; referring to the twist of the leaves.

Habitat

Stony slopes to 600m

Flower Date

August to December