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Salt Angianthus
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| Salt Angianthus photos | Family: Daisy (Asteraceae syn. Compositae) |
| Scientific Name: | Angianthus preissianus |  Flowerbuds of Salt Angianthus Photo: A J Brown | |||||
Other Common Name: | Common Cup Flower | ||||||
Status: | Native to Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania. | ||||||
General Description: | Distinctive grey-green erect plant up to 15 cm high, often forming dense ground covering mats. Stems and leaves are covered in very short, soft cottony hairs.The leaves are oblong-linear, 3-5 mm long and pointed. The flowerheads are greyish-green and cup-shaped with narrow mucronate bracts, and made up of many tiny yellow flowers. They are surrounded by dense white hairs. | ||||||
Habitat: | Often grows in sandy to clay soils subject to periodic water-logging. Found in saltpans, saline marshes and coastal areas.
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Comments: | Similar to Stiff Cup-flower (Pogonolepis muelleriana) but has fewer leaves on the stems, forms a much denser mat and generally has greyer foliage. |
 Salt Angianthus - carpet of tiny plants Photo: A J Brown |  Salt Angianthus (small bluish heads) with Stiff Cup-flower, Coast Barb-grass, Spurrey and Oval Purse Photo: A J Brown |
|  Young flower-heads of Salt Angianthus Photo: A J Brown |
 Leaves and flower-heads of Salt Angianthus Photo: A J Brown |  Salt Angianthus in a highly saline and drying out environment Photo: A J Brown |
