Stiff Cup-flower

Scientific Name:	Pogonolepis muelleriana (syn. Angianthus strictus)	Stiff-cup flower plant Photo: A J Brown
Status:	Native to Western Australia, South Australia, New South Wales and Victoria.
Plant Description:	Small herb with prostrate to ascending stems to 15 cm long. Leaves narrow triangular to linear, 3-16 mm long and less than 1 mm wide. Flowers in small compound heads 2-5 mm wide surrounded by leaf like, stiff bracts. Each flower yellow, tube-like with tiny lobes. Flowering from late winter to mid summer.
Habitat:	Often occurring on the margins of saline depressions and around salt lakes.
Comments:	Similar to Salt Angianthus but stems are more leafy, foliage normally greener and forms less dense mats. Often drying out to a rusty-red colour.