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Cassinia arcuata
Also called Biddybush, Drooping Cassinia, Siftingbush, Siftonbush, Chinese Shrub, Chinese Scrub, Sifton Bush
Chineseshrub (Cassinia arcuata) is a densely branched Australian shrub, sometimes a small tree, grown for its drooping habit and easy culture. It does best in well-drained soil in part shade and is short-lived.
Cassinia arcuata, commonly known as drooping cassinia, biddy bush, Chinese scrub, sifton bush and Chinese shrub, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to Australia. It is a shrub, sometimes a small tree with sessile, linear leaves, and heads of up to two hundred brownish flowers arranged in pyramid-shaped panicles. In New South Wales, the species is known as Cassinia sifton. In disturbed areas, C. arcuata can become weedy.
Drooping cassinia is an easily cultivated plant. It requires well-drained soils, grows in full or partial shade, but does not tolerate salt winds and is not long-lived.
Despite the use of "Chinese bush" as a common name in some sources, Cassinia arcuata and C. sifton are both endemic to Australia and do not occur in China.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cassinia arcuata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
