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Cratystylis conocephala
Also called Bluebush Daisy, Greybush
Cratystylis conocephala is a silver to blue-grey, densely branched shrub from southern Australian mallee, coastal scrub and woodland, grown mainly by enthusiasts for its foliage and small white flowers. It is a species, not a genus, and it needs well-drained soil, full sun and a dry, unfertilised root zone.
Cratystylis conocephala commonly known as the blue bush daisy, blue bush, grey bush, and round leaved greybush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, native to southeast Western Australia, South Australia, New South Wales, and Victoria. It is a densely branched, spreading shrub.The species is listed as endangered in New South Wales and critically endangered in Victoria.
This species is found on calcareous red soils and sandy soils in different ecosystem types. These include mallee, coastal scrub and woodland vegetation communities. Blue bush daisy proliferates in ecosystems which have not been exposed to fire for extended periods of time. It grows in the IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia) of Coolgardie, Hampton, Mallee (Victoria), Mallee and Nullarbor. on calcerous red soils and sandy soilsin Western Australia, South Australia, Northern Territory, New South Wales and Victoria. The species is very rare in the Southern Far Western Plains of New South Wales, and Belah Woodlands of North West Victoria. It is found to grow in mallee, coastal scrub and woodland vegetation communities.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cratystylis conocephala 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.
