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Cassinia nivalis, known as ochre cassinia, is an erect native shrub from eastern Victoria, Australia, grown for its glossy, needle-like foliage and cream to ochre flower heads. Its key needs are full sun, good drainage and a cool, mild climate.
Cassinia nivalis commonly known as ochre cassinia, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to eastern Victoria, Australia. It is an erect shrub with hairy, deep reddish-purple branches, hairy, needle-shaped leaves, and cream-coloured to ochre heads of flowers arranged in a hemispherical corymb.
Ochre cassinia grows in mountain forest and coastal woodland in eastern Victoria.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cassinia nivalis 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.
