Gnephosis newbeyi
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| Gnephosis newbeyi | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Gnephosis |
| Species: | G. newbeyi |
| Binomial name | |
| Gnephosis newbeyi | |
Gnephosis newbeyi is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an annual herb with linear leaves, compound heads of yellow flowers, and brown cypselas.
Gnephosis newbeyi is an annual herb with erect branches 3–13 cm (1.2–5.1 in) long. Its leaves are sessile, linear, 4–15 mm (0.16–0.59 in) long, 0.1–0.2 mm (0.0039–0.0079 in) wide and often slightly curved. The pseudanthia are arranged in oblong, compound heads of 3 to 8, 2.5–3.5 mm (0.098–0.138 in) long and 1.7–4 mm (0.067–0.157 in) in diameter with about 15 bracts 1.5–2.0 mm (0.059–0.079 in) long and 0.5–1.1 mm (0.020–0.043 in) wide at base of the heads. The petals are yellow and form a tube about 0.8 mm (0.031 in) long and there are three stamens. Flowering has been recorded in November, and the fruit is an oval, brown cypsela, 0.45 mm (0.018 in) long, and the pappus is bristly.[2]