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Chrysocephalum baxteri
Fringed everlasting is a small, low perennial daisy from southern Australian heath and open forest, with grey-felted leaves and papery white flower heads. It is a hardy native that suits dry, well-drained sites and is mainly grown in native or rock gardens.
Chrysocephalum baxteri, known by the common name fringed everlasting is a perennial herb native to southern Australia. It is a member of the Asteraceae, the daisy family. Found in low heath country and sclerophyll forest. A small plant, 10 to 40 cm high with many stems. Leaves are linear in shape, 4 to 30 mm long, 0.5 to 2.5 mm wide. Both leaf surfaces are a felty grey/green. White flowers mostly form in spring and summer.
Collected by William Baxter, this plant first appeared in scientific literature as Helichrysum baxteri in the Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis of 1838 published by the Swiss botanist, Augustin Pyramus de Candolle.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Chrysocephalum baxteri 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.
