Button Everlasting
Coronidium scorpioides
Erect mostly unbranched woolly everlasting daisy spreading by underground stems to form a dense mat. Woolly green leaves to 9 cm at the base of the plant with smaller leaves all the way up the stem. Single bright yellow flowers with a flat golden centre surrounded by papery yellow petal-like bracts.
| Details | |
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| Flora Type | Herbs |
| Former Scientific Name | Helichrysum scorpioides, H. rutidolepis |
| Distinctive Features | Single golden everlasting daisy flowers arising from a matted grey-green plant. |
| Biology | Perennial. Widespread on well-drained soils, generally in woodlands and dry forests rather than grasslands. |
| Native Status | Native |
| Flowering Time | Sep-Dec |
| Taxonomy | |
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| Phylum | Tracheophyta (Vascular Plants) |
| Class | Magnoliopsida (Flowering Plants) |
| Order | Asterales |
| Family | Asteraceae |
| Genus | Coronidium |
| Species | scorpioides |
Foodplant for caterpillars and source of nectar for butterflies and moths. Helichrysum are now recognised as African and Eurasian plants and Australian members have been reclassified into a number of groups including Coronidium.
| Interesting Facts | |
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| Similar Species | Synonymous with two key forms are identified - an erect, mostly lowland form (Helichrysum scorpioides) and a spreading upland formÃ_(known asÃ_Helichrysum rutidolepis). |
| Native Status | Native |