The fluffy 香芸火绒草 Leontopodium haplophylloides in Shangri-La Yunnan, 3500m.
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Mountain Daisy (Celmisia semicordata) of Mt. Cook. Pretty large plant, leaf can be 60cm long, all covered by silver hair, feels quite stiff though. #Asteraceae #Celmisia #寒菀属 #菊科 #NewZealandPlant #SouthIslandPlant #AlpinePlant
Possibly the least Asteraceae-like Asteraceae plant ever. Incense Plant (Calomeria amaranthoides), native to eastern NSW and VIC, thrives after bushfire, only lives for several years. The foliage is aromatic as well.
Phaenocoma prolifera, a beautiful Fynbos shrub from the family of Asteraceae.
Purple Groundsel (Senecio elegans) is native to South Africa but has naturalised in Australia, now it is considered an environmental weed in Victoria. It prefers costal sand dunes such as this one in Port Campbell National Park.
Two handsome Asteraceae shrubs or small trees from wet forest of Great Ocean Road: Olearis lirata and Olearis argophylla.
Didelta spinosa of Northern Cape. One of the two species in this small genus. Apparently, the new leaves in spring are used as wild vegetables in South Africa.
Some Petasites spp. from NE Turkey.
New Zealand alpine plant: Anaphalioides bellidioides
The foliage of Polyachyrus poeppigii looks so luxuriously delicious :) Polyachyrus is a small South American genus in the daisy family.
White-bellied sea eagles (Icthyophaga leucogaster) and their massive nests. Kakadu National Park Northern Territory.
