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Actinodium
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Actinodium cunninghamii, commonly known as swamp daisy or Albany daisy, is the only formally described species in the genus of flowering plants in the family Myrtaceae, Actinodium and is endemic to Western Australia.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderMyrtales
- FamilyMyrtaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 6
- With media
- 5
- Family
- Myrtaceae
- Collections
- MEL, BRIT, VT
- Recorded in
- Australia
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- Parent taxon
- Myrtaceae
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- CSIRO ScienceImage 2909 The Swamp Daisy Actinodium cunninghamii.jpg
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Actinodium cunninghamii, commonly known as swamp daisy or Albany daisy, is the only formally described species in the genus of flowering plants in the family Myrtaceae, Actinodium and is endemic to Western Australia.
==Description== Actinodium cunninghamii is a small, compact shrub that typically grows to a height of up to with leaves about long and wide. The flowers are borne in pinkish-brown, daisy-like heads in diameter. The heads are made up of tiny, bell-shaped flowers surrounded by sterile, strap-like ray flowers.
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