Asteridea pulverulenta

Asteridea pulverulenta (common name - common bristle daisy)^[4] is a species of flowering plant in the Asteraceae family, which is endemic to Western Australia,^[3] in the south-west.^[4] It was first described in 1839 by John Lindley.^[1][2]

Asteridea pulverulenta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Asteridea
Species:	A. pulverulenta
Binomial name
Asteridea pulverulenta Lindl.[1][2]
Occurrence data from AVH
Synonyms[3]
Athrixia australis Steetz Athrixia pulverulenta Druce

Description

It is an annual herb, growing on sandy soils to heights of from 5 cm to 70 cm. Its white flowers may seen from October to January on coastal dunes and sandplains.^[4]

Lindley describes the plant as having a dusty indumentum ("undique pilis mollibus ramentaceis pulverulenta"),^[2] and uses the adjective, pulverulenta ("powdered, dusty"),^[5] as the epithet to describe this characteristic of the plant.