Camptacra perdita


Camptacra perdita is a species of flowering plant in the Asteraceae family It is native to eastern Australia
Camptacra perdita was first described in 2020 by Anthony Bean.

Description

Iit is an erect herb growing up to 35 cm high, with stems that are very woolly and a snowy white. The leaves are 1.1 to 5 mm wide. There are abundant glandular hairs on the outer involucral bracts, and the lobes of the disc florets are hairy-glandular.
Camptacra perdita differs from C. barbata by its white, densely-woolly hairy stems, and its glandular-hairy involucral bracts.
It has been found in grassland on heavy black soils, with flowering and fruiting having been observed in March, May, September, October and November.