Salt Angianthus

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Scientific Name: Angianthus preissianus

Salt Angianthus - buds
Photo: A J Brown

Other Common Name:
Common Cup Flower

Status:
Native to Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania.

General Description:
Distinctive grey-green erect plant up to 15 cm high, often forming dense ground covering mats. Stems and leaves are covered in very short, soft cottony hairs.The leaves are oblong-linear, 3-5 mm long and pointed. The flowerheads are greyish-green and cup-shaped with narrow mucronate bracts, and made up of many tiny yellow flowers. They are surrounded by dense white hairs.

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

Comments:
Similar to Stiff Cup-flower (Pogonolepis muelleriana) but has fewer leaves on the stems, forms a much denser mat and generally has greyer foliage.

Salt Angianthus - carpet of tiny plants Photo: A J Brown	Salt Angianthus (small bluish heads) with Stiff-cup flower, Coast Barb-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 - buds Photo: A J Brown
Other Common Name:	Common Cup Flower
Status:	Native to Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania.
General Description:	Distinctive grey-green erect plant up to 15 cm high, often forming dense ground covering mats. Stems and leaves are covered in very short, soft cottony hairs.The leaves are oblong-linear, 3-5 mm long and pointed. The flowerheads are greyish-green and cup-shaped with narrow mucronate bracts, and made up of many tiny yellow flowers. They are surrounded by dense white hairs.
Habitat:	Often grows in sandy to clay soils subject to periodic water-logging. Found in saltpans, saline marshes and coastal areas.
Comments:	Similar to Stiff Cup-flower (Pogonolepis muelleriana) but has fewer leaves on the stems, forms a much denser mat and generally has greyer foliage.