Additional information

• SynonymGnaphalium sphaericum, separated from Euchiton involucratus
• FamilyAsteraceae
• StoreyLower storey
• Size0.3-0.6 m
• Plant groupingHerbs & Groundcovers <1m
• LeavesEgg-shaped to lance-shaped stem leaves, broader towards the tip, 1-12 cm x 2-15 mm. Upper surface green and hairless or greyish with cobwebby hairs, whitish below, cottony hairs pressed against the leaf. Margins wavy.
• Flower colourStraw coloured with crimson markings
• Flowering timeSeptember to December
• FlowersTerminal hemispherical cluster 0.5-2.5 cm wide of many cylindric flowerheads, narrow crimson band or blotch below tip. 4-10 narrow leaves at base of cluster.
• Bird attractingNo
• Butterfly attractingNo
• Frog habitatNo
• Growing conditionsWidely distributed on moist to well drained soil in riparian, foothill and mountain forests and woodlands and colonising disturbed soil. Semi shade.
• Garden useWill colonise a moist garden. Can be underplanted in bushland.
• Commercially availableNever
• Conservation statusLocally common within its preferred growing conditions

Photo Gallery

Photographer/s: 1 Russell Best, NatureShare ©; 2, 3 Colleen Miller ©

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