Citation: F. Muell., Fragm. Phyt. Aust. 2:156 ( 1861 ).

Synonymy: Helichrysum dockeri (F. Muell.) Benth., Fl. Aust. 3:626 (1867). , Acanthocladium dockerii

Common name: Spiny everlasting.

Description:
Woolly-tomentose shrub with the ultimate branchlets ending in glabrous slender spines; leaves elliptic to oblanceolate, 7-12 mm long, 2-4 mm wide.

Capitula 8-10 mm long 5-8 mm diam.; involucral bracts ovate (outer) to linear-lanceolate (inner), densely tomentose outside but with glabrous margins and tips.

Achenes with 80-90 pappus bristles.

Distribution:  An extremely rare species known in S.Aust. only from a single collection gathered near Overland Corner in 1910. S.Aust.: NL, MU.   N.S.W. Conservation status: native Flowering time: March (at least).

SA Distribution Map based on current data relating to specimens held in the State Herbarium of South Australia

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