Asteridea chaetopoda
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| Asteridea chaetopoda | |
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| Asteridea chaetopoda | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Asteridea |
| Species: | A. chaetopoda |
| Binomial name | |
| Asteridea chaetopoda | |
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| Occurrence data from Australasian Virtual Herbarium\AVH | |
| Synonyms[3] | |
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Athrixia chaetopoda F.Muell. | |
Asteridea chaetopoda is a species of herb in the Asteraceae family, which is endemic to Western Australia,[3] in the south-west.[4] It was first described in 1876 as Athrixia chaetopoda by Ferdinand von Mueller,[1][5] and allocated to the genus, Asteridea, in 1980 by G. Kroner.[1][6] It is a perennial herb, growing on sandy soils, on limestone and on gypsum, to heights from 5 cm to 30 cm. Its yellow flowers may seen from August to November on salt lakes, stony rises, and dunes of Beard's Eremaean and South-West Provinces.[4]