Yellow buttons
Chrysocephalum apiculatum, Fam. Asteraceae
Perennial herb up to 30cm tall with a woody rootstock.
| Weed Category: | |
| Weed: | No |
| Form or habit: | Herb |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Leaf: | Sessile, narrowly obovate to narrowly oblong, 1.5-7 x 0.2-1.5cm, woolly hairy below and sometimes above. |
| Flower conspicuous: | Conspicuous |
| Flower colour: |
Yellow |
| Flower description: | Small heads with yellow involucral bracts, up to about 7mm long. Mostly late winter and spring. |
| Fruit conspicuous: | Conspicuous |
| Fruit colour: |
Brown |
| Fruit: | |
| Fruit description: | Brown achenes, about 1mm long with yellow pappus up to 6mm long. |
| Habitat: | Grassland, woodland. |
| Distribution | Queensland, New South Wales, Northern Territory, South Australia, Victoria, Tasmania. |
| Food source for: | Larval food plant of the Australian painted lady butterfly. |
| Toxicity: | No toxicity known |
| Origin: | Australia. |
| Notes: | |
| Information sources: | Melzer R. & Plumb J. (2007) Plants of Capricornia. |
