Common name:
Old Man Weed, Common Sneezeweed

Family name:
Asteraceae

Botanical name:
Centipeda cunninghamii

Flowering/fruiting season:

Location:
Common in low lying or swampy areas (Burbidge & Gray, 1976:370)

Old Man Weed

Use:

  • Medicine
  • Big bunches of plant are gathered and boiled down to make a tonic (Zola & Gott, 1992:53)

Notes:
Still used today for all kinds of ailments (Zola & Gott, 1992:53)

Language names:
gukwonderuk: 'Old Man Weed' Lake Hindmarsh, Vic. (Zola & Gott, 1992:53)

Horticulture:

Similar species:
C. minima(photo)

Use code:
LEA

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