Family: Asteraceae
Plant: An erect woody shrub up to 1m high.
Flowers: Daisy flower with a yellow disc and white papery rays (bracts) 3cm diameter in terminal leafy corymbs of 4-8 flower heads borne on erect woolly stems.
Flowering: August-October.
Fruit: A 4-angled achene with 4 ribs and white bristles.
Leaves: Broad lanceolate, 8-12cm long and up to 3cm wide, dull green above, grey and woolly below.
Habitat: Fairly common in damper areas in both wet- and dry-sclerophyll forest and in rainforest margins.
Features: Large, white papery flower heads with yellow central disc. Large greyish-green leaves on a woolly stem.
Name:
Helichrysum From Greek helios = sun and chrysos = golden (referring to many of the genus having golden-yellow flowers)
elatum From Latin = tall (referring to its growth habit)
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Type |
Shrub |
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Flowers |
Form |
Regular, Cluster |
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Colour(s) |
White, Yellow |
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Petal/Sepal No. |
Many |
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Flowering Month |
8, 9, 10 |
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Fruit |
Type |
Other |
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Colour |
White |
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Other Features |
- |
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Leaves |
Arrangement |
Alternate |
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Type |
Simple |
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Shape |
Oval |
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Length |
Medium |
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Margins |
Entire |
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Attachment |
Stalked |
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Other Features |
Hairy, |
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Discolorous |
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Bark |
- |
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Habitat |
Rainforest, Wet sclerophyll forest, |
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Dry sclerophyll forest |
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