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Chondropyxis
Genus of flowering plants From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Chondropyxis is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, containing the single species Chondropyxis halophila. It is endemic to Australia, where it is distributed in Western Australia and South Australia.[1] Its common name is salt button-daisy.[2]
This plant is a semi-succulent annual herb growing just a few centimeters tall. It produces yellow-brown flowers. It occurs on the margins of salt lakes in sand and gypsum soils.[3]
This species was described in 1986 from a specimen collected just south of Penong, South Australia.[1]
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