''Asteridea chaetopoda'' is a species of 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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, in the south-west. It was first described in 1876 as ''Athrixia chaetopoda'' by

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 ...

, and allocated 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 ...

'', in 1980 by G. Kroner. It is a perennial herb, growing on sandy soils, on limestone and on gypsum, to heights from 5 cm to 30 cm. Its yellow flowers may seen from August to November on salt lakes, stony rises, and dunes of Beard's Eremaean and South-West Provinces.

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''Asteridea chaetopoda'' occurrence data
from the

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chaetopoda The annelids (Annelida , from Latin ', "little ring"), also known as the segmented worms, are a large phylum, with over 22,000 extant species including ragworms, earthworms, and leeches. The species exist in and have adapted to various ecol ...

Endemic flora of Western Australia Eudicots of Western Australia Plants described in 1876 Taxa named by John Lindley {{Gnaphalieae-stub