Pomax umbellata 080503-6507

Descrission:

Jenolan Caves, New South Wales -- on rocky ridge above caves south of Lucas Rocks.A common small herb or subshrub on poor soils in south-eastern Australia. Flowers are small and greenish, but reddish-brown fruiting calyces are more conspicuous.CORRECTION -- they are not fruiting calyces but involucral bracts.