Xerochrysum sp.

Collins, Timothy L., Schmidt-Lebuhn, Alexander N., Andrew, Rose L., Telford, Ian R. H. & Bruhl, Jeremy J., 2022, There’s gold in them thar hills! Morphology and molecules delimit species in Xerochrysum (Asteraceae; Gnaphalieae) and reveal many new taxa, Australian Systematic Botany 35 (2), pp. 120-185 : 182

Xerochrysum sp. Chinchilla (A.N.Schmidt-Lebuhn 1745) NE Herbarium

Erect, annual or biennial, taprooted herb. Cauline leaves oblanceolate, margin cobwebby and hispid, apex acute and mucronate. Abaxial indumentum with glands, midvein indumentum hispid and with glands; adaxial indumentum cobwebby, hispidulous and with glands. Medial phyllaries oblong to ovate, abaxially yellow.

Habitat and distribution

Collections from open grassy woodlands from central western Queensland to Narrabri, New South Wales in the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion are tentatively assigned to this entity.

Notes

Usually a short-lived annual following winter rainfall. Species limits between X. sp. Chinchilla and X. hispidum remain uncertain, despite the limited molecular data suggesting genetically distinct entities. Informative morphological characters distinguishing these entities could not be defined and require further study.