Botanical name
Metalasia inversaFamily
AsteraceaeDescription
Erect or sprawling white-woolly shrublet to 40cm. Leaves spreading, twisted, 4-15mm long, with axillary tufts; flowerheads discoid, several, fused in dense terminal clusters, 5-flowered; outer bracts shorter than inner.
Latin: inversus, turned upside down or turned about; referring to the twist of the leaves.
Habitat
Stony slopes to 600m
Flower Date
August to December