flannel flower

noun

any Australian plant of the umbelliferous genus Actinotus having white flannel-like bracts beneath the flowers

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We only know one truly local name for this plant, and that is the `Flannel Flower'—a rather unpoetical designation, but a really descriptive one, and one universally accepted.