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Cassinia straminea

Cassinia straminea
Photo: Greg Tasney, CC BY-SA 4.0

Cassinia straminea is an erect native Australian shrub in the daisy family, reaching about 2 m, with linear leaves and yellow flower clusters from October to February. It is grown as a tough, hardy shrub in suitable climates.

Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water regularly while establishing, then allow the soil to dry between deep waterings; tolerates dry spells once established.
Soil
Free-draining, sandy or loam soil; tolerates poor soils.
Temperature
Hardy in mild to cool temperate conditions; protect from severe frost.
How easy
Easy
Native range
E. Australia

About

Cassinia straminea is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is an erect shrub with hairy young stems, linear leaves and corymbs of up to several hundred flower heads.

Where it grows

Cassinia straminea grows in forest and on the edges of rainforest on the Northern Tablelands of New South Wales and in south-east Queensland.

Other Cassinia plants

Cassinia accipitrum · Australian Tauhinu · Cassinia adunca · Chineseshrub · Yellow Cassinia · Cassinia compacta · Cassinia complanata · Cassinia copensis · Cunninghams Everlasting · Cassinia decipiens · Stiff Cassinia · Dwarf Cassinia

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cassinia straminea 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.

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