White Cudweed

Scientific Name:

Vellereophyton dealbatum (syn. Gnaphalium coarctatum, Gnaphalium candidissimum)

White Cudweed plants
Photo: A J Brown

Status:

Introduced from South Africa. Naturalised in Australia and New Zealand.

Plant Description:

Annual herb to 50 cm high. Silver-woolly overall. Basal leaves soon withering. Stem leaves oblanceolate (backward pointing spear-shaped), 1-5 cm long and 1-7 mm wide.

Flower-heads 10-40 in near-globular clusters. Inner flower bracts with purple claws. Each head has 20-30 female floreets and a few bisexual florets. Fruit an achene, 0.4 mm long, brown with a 1.5 mm pappus.

Habitat:

Scattered through most of the higher rainfall areas of Victoria on disturbed sites. Usually indicative of freshwater environments but may grow on the fringes of salt lakes and swamps.

Region	Salinity Class	Waterlogging Class
Central and Northern, Wimmera, Western, Gippsland	S0, S1, S2	W0, W1, W2

*may be found on or fringing saline sites during the wetter parts of the year

Leaves and stems of White Cudweed
Photo: A J Brown

White Cudweed flower-heads
Photo: A J Brown

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