''Asteridea athrixioides'' 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 Australia, and found in

Western Australia Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to th ...

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and Victoria. It was first described in 1853 by Otto Sonder and

Ferdinand von Mueller Baron Sir Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich von Mueller, (german: Müller; 30 June 1825 – 10 October 1896) was a German-Australian physician, geographer, and most notably, a botanist. He was appointed government botanist for the then colony of Vict ...

as ''Panaetia athrixioides,'' who described it from specimen(s) collected in the Port Lincoln district. In 1980, G. Kroner assigned it to the genus, ''

Asteridea Asteridea may refer to: * Sea star * ''Asteridea'' (plant), a genus of plants in the family Asteraceae The family Asteraceae, alternatively Compositae, consists of over 32,000 known species of flowering plants in over 1,900 genera within th ...

'', giving it the name ''Asteridea athrixioides''. It is an annual herb, growing on calcareous, sandy or clay soils to heights of from 5 cm to 20 cm. Its yellow flowers may seen from July to November on saline on allvial flats, rocky hills and undulating plains.

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''Asteridea athrixioides'' occurrence data
from the

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athrixioides Eudicots of Western Australia Plants described in 1853 Flora of South Australia Flora of Victoria (state) Taxa named by Ferdinand von Mueller Taxa named by Otto Wilhelm Sonder {{Gnaphalieae-stub