© Lemon Beauty Heads - Colleen Miller
Lemon Beauty Heads
Calocephalus citreus
Grows up to 50 cm tall by 50 cm wide with many tufts of narrow, grass-like silver-grey leaves. Bright yellow round or oblong flowerheads at the top of slender upright stems.
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Thin silver-grey leaves up to 10 cm long, with a pointed tip.
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Perennial. Well-drained sites in grasslands and woodlands. Hardy, drought-resistant plant and salt-tolerant. Can survive in lightly grazed paddocks. Dies off after flowering then reshoots in mid-winter.
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Grows up to 50 cm tall by 50 cm wide with many tufts of narrow, grass-like silver-grey leaves. Bright yellow round or oblong flowerheads at the top of slender upright stems.
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| Flora Type |
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| Distinctive Features |
Thin silver-grey leaves up to 10 cm long, with a pointed tip.
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| Biology |
Perennial. Well-drained sites in grasslands and woodlands. Hardy, drought-resistant plant and salt-tolerant. Can survive in lightly grazed paddocks. Dies off after flowering then reshoots in mid-winter.
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Tracheophyta (Vascular Plants) |
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Magnoliopsida (Flowering Plants) |
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From the Greek kalos =beautiful, kephale = head, referring to the colourful globular flowerheads. Provides nectar for butterflies. Threatened in Tas.
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