About Actinobole uliginosum (A.Gray) H.Eichler
Actinobole uliginosum, commonly called flannel cudweed, is a small, prostrate, woolly annual forb. Its stems grow up to 1–10 cm (0.39–3.94 in) long. The species has greyish, cottony leaves that vary in shape and size: they are 3–13 mm (0.12–0.51 in) long, 1.5–5 mm (0.059–0.197 in) wide, oblong, and taper at their base. Oblong leaves surround the flower heads, and woolly, leaf-like bracts are arranged in rows around the heads.
Flowers are yellow and petal-less, and are borne either singly or in clusters of 2 to 12. Individual flower heads are depressed, wide, and flattened, measuring approximately 5–10 mm (0.20–0.39 in) high and 6–18 mm (0.24–0.71 in) in diameter. The corolla of each flower is 2–2.5 mm (0.079–0.098 in) long. Flowering takes place from August to December. The fruit is a yellowish, bristly, almost obovoid cypsela, about 0.8 mm (0.031 in) long.
This species grows on sandy, loamy, and granitic soils in a wide range of habitats across inland Australia.
