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Billy Buttons

Craspedia glauca

Billy Buttons
Photo: Lindley, John; Ridgway, James, Public domain
Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Grows as
Annual, Perennial
Native range
SE. Australia
Climate
subtropical

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Craspedia glauca, commonly known as billy buttons, is an erect annual or perennial herb endemic to Tasmania. It is usually an annual herb with pale green leaves in a rosette and yellow button-like flowers on a tall stem.

Other Craspedia plants

Orange Billy Buttons · Craspedia macrocephala · Craspedia paludicola · Craspedia uniflora · Common Billy Buttons · Billy Balls

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Craspedia glauca by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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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