Plants of
South Australia
Podolepis decipiens
Asteraceae
Bright Podolepis
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Distribution by Herbarium region
Adelaide
Arkaroola
Ceduna
Coober Pedy
Hawker
Innamincka
Marla
Marree
Mount Gambier
Oodnadatta
Renmark
Wudinna
Keith
Yunta

Etymology

Greek 'podo' foot, 'lepis' scale, refers to bract stalks and Latin 'canascens' becoming hoary

Distribution and status

In woodland, mallee, heath and more arid vegetation types Native
Herbarium regions: Flinders Ranges, Eastern, Eyre Peninsula, Northern Lofty, Murray, Yorke Peninsula, Southern Lofty, South Eastern, Green Adelaide
NRM regions: Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges, Alinytjara Wilurara, Eyre Peninsula, Northern and Yorke, South Australian Arid Lands, South Australian Murray-Darling Basin, South East
AVH map: SA distribution map (external link)

Plant description

Annual herb 6-80 cm high. Basal leaves oblanceolate, to 7 cm long; cauline leaves lanceolate, 1�8 cm long, base stem-claspin, woolly on lower surface, pubescent above. Inflorescence a loosely contracted cyme, rarely heads solitary, 15�25 mm in diameter, to 15 mm long. Ray florets 20-40; ligules broadly linear, 6-10 mm long, deeply 3-toothed, yellow; disk florets numerous, yellow. Flowering May - November. Fruits are achenes 1.5-2 mm long, microscopically papillate; pappus bristles 15-25, minutely barbellate

Seeds stored:
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LocationNo. of seeds
(weight grams)
Number
of plants
Date
collected
Collection number
Collection location
Date
stored
% ViabilityStorage
temperature
BGA 
MSB
12,250 (37 g)
12,250 (37 g)
300+30-Dec-2005KHB34
Flinders Ranges
14-Sep-200685%+5°C, -18°C
BGA 
MSB
18,830 (26.75 g)
18,830 (26.75 g)
50+17-Oct-2006TST27
Yorke Peninsula
1-Aug-200735%+5°C, -18°C
BGA11,700 (18.3 g)50+7-Nov-2017DJD3652
Murray
30-Jun-201850%-18°C
BGA2,600 (7.760 g)15-Oct-2020Andrian Shackley
Yorke Peninsula
28-Jun-202120%-18°C
Location: BGA — the seeds are stored at the Adelaide Botanic Gardens, MSB — the seeds are stored at the Millennium Seed Bank, Kew, England.
Number of plants: This is the number of plants from which the seeds were collected.
Collection location: The Herbarium of South Australia's region name.
% Viability: Percentage of filled healthy seeds determined by a cut test or x-ray.