Английская Википедия:Calocephalus lacteus
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Calocephalus lacteus, commonly known as milky beauty-heads, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is an ascending, spreading perennial with silver-grey leaves and cream globular-shaped flower heads. It occurs in eastern Australia.
Description
Calocephalus lacteus is a perennial, ascending, spreading herb by means of rhizomes, Шаблон:Cvt high and forms a dense groundcover. The grey-green leaves are arranged opposite lower on the stem, alternate toward the apex, obovate to lance shaped, or almost linear, Шаблон:Cvt long, Шаблон:Cvt wide, short matted hairs, two lateral veins and midrib veins usually prominent. The globular flower is a dense cluster of 20-200 capitula in each compound head Шаблон:Cvt long, each containing 2-3 yellow florets enclosed by 9-16 white bracts that are flat to conduplicate and Шаблон:Cvt long. The fruit is a cypsela with 6-11 bristles and fine hairs in the upper part. Flowering occurs mostly from November to March.[1][2]
Taxonomy and naming
Calocephalus lacteus was first formally described in 1832 by Christian Friedrich Lessing and the description was published in Synopsis Generum Compositarum.[3][4] The specific epithet (lacteus) means "milky", referring to the white bracts.[2][5]
Distribution and habitat
Milky beauty-heads grows in low-lying occasionally wet and grassy situations in New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia.[2]
References
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