Podolepis canescens

{{Short description|Species of herb}}

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| genus = Podolepis

| species = canescens

| authority = A.Cunn. ex DC.{{cite journal|author=Candolle, A.P. de |editor=Candolle, A.P. de|date=1838|title=Compositae|journal= Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis|volume= 6|pages= 163}}

| synonyms = Podolepis affinis Sond.

Podolepis aristata subsp. affinis (Sond.) Jeanes

Podolepis inundata A.Cunn.

Scalia canescens Kuntze

| synonyms_ref = {{Cite web|title=Podolepis canescens A.Cunn. ex DC. {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science|url=http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:238951-1|access-date=2020-11-11|website=Plants of the World Online|language=en}}

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Podolepis canescens (common names - grey podolepis,{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=NT Flora:Factsheet Podolepis canescens|url=http://eflora.nt.gov.au/factsheet?id=649|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-11-10|website=eflora.nt.gov.au}} large copper wire daisy) is a herb in the Asteraceae family, which is found in South Australia, the Northern Territory, New South Wales and Victoria.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=PlantNET - FloraOnline: Podolepis canescens|url=https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Podolepis~canescens|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-11-10|website=plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au}} PlantNet also states that it is found in Western Australia, but FloraBase states that the name is misapplied in Western Australia, based on Jeanes (2015).{{FloraBase|id=8172|name=Podolepisa canescens}}

It was first described in 1838 by Allan Cunningham and published in Augustin Pyramus de Candolle's Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis.{{APNI2|id=92258|name=Podolepis canescens}} Jeffrey Jeanes (2015){{Cite Q|Q101444710}} recognises only specimens from New South Wales as belonging to the species.