Podotheca gnaphalioides

Podotheca gnaphalioides (common name, golden long-heads) is a small annual herb in the family Asteraceae, endemic to Western Australia.^[4] It grows from 2 cm to 60 cm tall and is an often sticky herb, which is erect or decumbent (lying along the ground), and whose yellow or orange-yellow flowers are seen from August to November. It grows on a variety of soils, but tends to prefer sandy soils.^[4]

Podotheca gnaphalioides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Podotheca
Species:	P. gnaphalioides
Binomial name
Podotheca gnaphalioides Graham[1][2]
Occurrence data from AVH
Synonyms[3]
Lophoclinium citrinum Endl. Podosperma gnaphaloides (Graham) F.Muell.

Taxonomy

It was first described in 1845 by Robert Graham as Podotheca gnaphalioides.^[2][1]