Argentipallium obtusifolium
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| Blunt everlasting | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Argentipallium |
| Species: | A. obtusifolium |
| Binomial name | |
| Argentipallium obtusifolium | |
Argentipallium obtusifolium, commonly known as blunt everlasting,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is a small, multi-stemmed perennial with white flowers, dark green leaves and is endemic to Australia.
Argentipallium obtusifolium is a small, multi-stemmed-stemmed perennial to 10–30 cm (3.9–11.8 in) high. The branches are white-silvery, more or less sticky from glandular, matted, woolly hairs and the leaves narrow oblanceolate, 0.4–2.5 cm (0.16–0.98 in) long, 1–2 mm (0.039–0.079 in) wide, upper surface smooth, lower surface woolly, silvery-white and the margins recurved. The flowers are borne singly at the end of upright branchlets, usually 12–15 mm (0.47–0.59 in) long and 2–3 cm (0.79–1.18 in) in diameter at maturity. The outer bracts semi-transparent, mostly sticky and woolly, inner bracts edges white, dry and mostly 8–12 mm (0.31–0.47 in) long. Flowering occurs mainly in winter to spring and the fruit is an oblong-shaped, brown achene.[3][2]