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Cassinia sifton
Sifton bush is a multi-stemmed, aromatic Australian shrub in the daisy family that grows 1.2 to 2 m tall. It is a hardy pioneer plant that thrives on poor soils and is mainly known as a weed of disturbed land and overgrazed pasture rather than a garden plant.
Cassinia sifton, commonly known as sifton bush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to south-eastern continental Australia and an introduced species in other places. It is a multi-stemmed shrub with linear leaves, and more or less conical heads of 50 to 200 deep red to pale brown flowers. It is sometimes confused with Cassinia arcuata and authorities differ on its distribution.
Sifton bush is a pioneer plant, especially on poor soils, and often invades overgrazed pastures. It is widespread in central New South Wales and widespread and common in Victoria. In New South Wales it invades disturbed areas such as roadsides, cleared and ploughed areas and is classed as a weed. It has been introduced to the Australian Capital Territory, South Australia and Western Australia.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cassinia sifton 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.
