Clustered Everlasting
Chrysocephalum semipapposum
Erect herb or subshrub varying considerably in form to 60 cm tall. Stems and leaves cottony, leaves grey-green. Golden-yellow flowers on tips of stems in compact heads to 2.5 cm wide. Shows considerable variation in form and structure.
| Details | |
|---|---|
| Flora Type | Herbs |
| Former Scientific Name | Helichrysum semipapposum |
| Distinctive Features | Attractive herb with sticky aromatic grey-green leaves and golden clustered flowersheads 3-7 mm across. |
| Biology | Perennial. Occurs in a wide variety of habitats on a range of soils, usually as scattered individual plants and seldom abundant. May dry off back to the base in very dry conditions. At times mistaken as a weed when in disturbed situations. |
| Native Status | Native |
| Flowering Time | Oct-May |
| Taxonomy | |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Tracheophyta (Vascular Plants) |
| Class | Magnoliopsida (Flowering Plants) |
| Order | Asterales |
| Family | Asteraceae |
| Genus | Chrysocephalum |
| Species | semipapposum |
Flowers are a nectar source for butterflies. Helichrysum are now recognised as African and Eurasian plants and Australian members have been reclassified into a number of groups including Chrysocephalum.
| Interesting Facts | |
|---|---|
| Similar Species | Intergrades with Chrysocephalum apiculatum and intermediate forms can be difficult to assign to one or other species. Flowers similar to those of Common Everlasting C. apiculatum but it is a much taller plant. |
| Native Status | Native |