Athrixia australis Steetz Athrixia pulverulenta Druce Asteridea pulverulenta (common name - common bristle daisy)[4] is a species of flowering plant in the Asteraceae family, which is endemic to Western Australia,[3] in the south-west.

[4] It was first described in 1839 by John Lindley.

[1][2] It is an annual herb, growing on sandy soils to heights of from 5 cm to 70 cm.

Its white flowers may seen from October to January on coastal dunes and sandplains.

[4] Lindley describes the plant as having a dusty indumentum ("undique pilis mollibus ramentaceis pulverulenta"),[2] and uses the adjective, pulverulenta ("powdered, dusty"),[5] as the epithet to describe this characteristic of the plant.