Swamp Everlasting

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Xerochrysum palustre

An erect herb growing 0.3-1 m tall. Leaves without stalks, up to 10 cm long and 8 mm wide, and spaced along the stem, becoming larger towards the base of the plant. Flowerheads golden-yellow, up to 5 cm wide.

Details
Flora Type
Herbs
Former Scientific Name
Bracteantha palustris
Distinctive Features

Has short, cobweb like hairs on the margins of the leaves and stems. Large yellow daisy flowers.
Biology

Perennial. Grows in boggy ground, swamps, winter-wet grasslands and along swampy waterways. Palustris is the Latin for marshy, the preferred habitat.
Native Status
Native
Flowering Time

Nov-Mar
Taxonomy
Phylum
Tracheophyta (Vascular Plants)
Class
Magnoliopsida (Flowering Plants)
Order
Asterales
Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Xerochrysum
Species
palustre

Source: Atlas of Living Australia

Listed as a threatened species in Vic. The now scattered and sparse populations of this species are most likely due to the extensive drainage of wetlands for agriculture.

Interesting Facts
Native Status
Native