Skeleton Weed Flower | Skeleton Weed Dried Flower Sepals & Seed Starting | |||||
Class: | Plants (Plantae) - Land Plants (Charophyta) - Land Plants (Equisetopsida) | ||||
Order: | Sunflowers (Asterales) | ||||
Family: | Daisy (Asteraceae) iNaturalist Observation | ||||
Species: | Skeleton Weed (Chondrilla juncea) | ||||
This Photo: | Dried Flower, Seed Starting & Bud | ||||
Thank you Tony and Jenny Dominelli for confirming the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere Often looking leafless, these aptly named weeds are noxious flowering in summer. Yellow flower, with ridged buds, and a smooth stem. The basal leaves often dying off early leaving no trace. ~300mm high, with ~20mm diameter flowers & buds ~10mm long. | |||||
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