Ammobium alatum
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Ammobium alatum is a perennial Asteraceae
native to Eastern Australia
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The flowers are small and have white petals with a yellow centre, they can be dried. The stems are grey with an unusual external ribbing.
It is an important foodplant for Australian painted lady
caterpillar
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Asteraceae
The Asteraceae or Compositae , is an exceedingly large and widespread family of vascular plants. The group has more than 22,750 currently accepted species, spread across 1620 genera and 12 subfamilies...
native to Eastern Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
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The flowers are small and have white petals with a yellow centre, they can be dried. The stems are grey with an unusual external ribbing.
It is an important foodplant for Australian painted lady
Australian painted lady
Vanessa kershawi, commonly known as the Australian Painted Lady, is a butterfly that is mostly confined to Australia, although westerly winds have dispersed it to islands east of Australia, including New Zealand. During spring adult butterflies migrate south in large numbers from northern states of...
caterpillar
Caterpillar
Caterpillars are the larval form of members of the order Lepidoptera . They are mostly herbivorous in food habit, although some species are insectivorous. Caterpillars are voracious feeders and many of them are considered to be pests in agriculture...
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