Siloxerus
Sign in to saveSiloxerus is a genus of Australian plants in the tribe Gnaphalieae within the family Asteraceae endemic to Australia. Plants in the genus usually have leaves in a rosette at the base of the plant or sessile stem leaves, and disc-like compounds heads of bisexual, tube-shaped yellowish flowers. The fruit is an oval, often purplish cypsela with a scaly white pappus.
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GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderAsterales
- FamilyAsteraceae
Native toNew South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
via GBIF · Kew POWO
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Siloxerus is a genus of Australian plants in the tribe Gnaphalieae within the family Asteraceae endemic to Australia. Plants in the genus usually have leaves in a rosette at the base of the plant or sessile stem leaves, and disc-like compounds heads of bisexual, tube-shaped yellowish flowers. The fruit is an oval, often purplish cypsela with a scaly white pappus.
The following species of Siloxerus are accepted by Plants of the World Online as of November 2025: Siloxerus filifolius (Benth.) Ostenf. Siloxerus humifusus Labill. Siloxerus multiflorus (Nees) Entwisle Siloxerus pygmaeus (A.Gray) P.S.Short Siloxerus tomentosus (J.C.Wendl.) Ostenf.