Stiff Cup-Flower

Scientific Name:

Pogonolepis muelleriana (syn. Angianthus strictus)

Stiff Cup-flower plant
Photo: A J Brown

Status:

Native to Western Australia, South Australia, New South Wales and Victoria.

Plant Description:

Small herb with prostrate to ascending stems to 15 cm long. Leaves narrow triangular to linear, 3-16 mm long and less than 1 mm wide. Flowers in small compound heads 2-5 mm wide surrounded by leaf like, stiff bracts. Each flower yellow, tube-like with tiny lobes. Flowering from late winter to mid summer.

Habitat:

Often occurring on the margins of saline depressions and around salt lakes.

Region	Salinity Class	Waterlogging Class
Mallee, Loddon Murray, Central and Northern, Wimmera	S2, S3	W2, W3

Comments:

Similar to Salt Angianthus (Angianthus preissianus) but stems are more leafy, foliage normally greener and forms less dense mats. Often drying out to a rusty-red colour.

Stiff Cup-Flower Photos

Stiff Cup-flower plants
Photo: A J Brown

Stiff Cup-flower flower
Photo: A J Brown

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