Salt Angianthus

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Scientific Name: Angianthus preissianus

Salt Angianthus - flower
Photo: A J Brown

Common Name:
Common Cup Flower

General Description:
Distinctive grey-green erect plant up to 40 cm high. Stems and leaves are covered in soft cottony hairs.The leaves are narrow and club shaped. The flowerheads are yellow or reddish, made up of many tiny flowers. They are surrounded by dense white hairs.

Further Details:
Annual dwarf shrub. Leaves are very hairy, narrow and linear in shape, ending in a short sharp point.One or several stems. Small dome-shaped flowerheads with narrow flower bracts which bend backwards.

Soils:
Occurs in a range of soil types from sands to clay loams.

Habitat and Notes:
Often grows in a sandy soils subject to periodic water-logging. Found in saltpans, saline marshes and coastal areas.

Salt Angianthus - buds Photo: A J Brown	Salt Angianthus - carpet of tiny plants Photo: A J Brown	Salt Angianthus with brb grass, spurrey and oval purse Photo: A J Brown
Salt Angianthus - population Photo: A J Brown

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Scientific Name:	Angianthus preissianus	Salt Angianthus - flower Photo: A J Brown
Common Name:	Common Cup Flower
General Description:	Distinctive grey-green erect plant up to 40 cm high. Stems and leaves are covered in soft cottony hairs.The leaves are narrow and club shaped. The flowerheads are yellow or reddish, made up of many tiny flowers. They are surrounded by dense white hairs.
Further Details:	Annual dwarf shrub. Leaves are very hairy, narrow and linear in shape, ending in a short sharp point.One or several stems. Small dome-shaped flowerheads with narrow flower bracts which bend backwards.
Soils:	Occurs in a range of soil types from sands to clay loams.
Habitat and Notes:	Often grows in a sandy soils subject to periodic water-logging. Found in saltpans, saline marshes and coastal areas.