''Asteridea asteroides'' is a herb in the

Asteraceae The family Asteraceae, alternatively Compositae, consists of over 32,000 known species of flowering plants in over 1,900 genera within the order Asterales. Commonly referred to as the aster, daisy, composite, or sunflower family, Compositae w ...

family, which is endemic to

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. It was first described in 1853 by Nikolai Turczaninow as ''Trichostegia asteroides''. In 1980, G. Kroner assigned it to the genus, '' Asteridea'', giving it the name ''Asteridea asteroides''. It is a perennial herb, growing on sand or gravelly sand to heights of from 5 cm to 30 cm. Its white flowers may seen from August to November in Beard's South-West Province.

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''Asteridea asteroides'' occurrence data
from the

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asteroides Endemic flora of Western Australia Eudicots of Western Australia Plants described in 1851 {{Gnaphalieae-stub