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Grey Ray Flower

Cyphanthera albicans

Grey Ray Flower
Photo: Allthingsnative, CC BY 4.0
Family
Solanaceae (Nightshade family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
SE. Queensland to NE. Victoria
Climate
subtropical

About

Cyphanthera albicans, commonly known as grey ray flower, is a species of flowering plant in the family Solanaceae and is endemic to south-eastern continental Australia. It is an upright shrub with grey foliage and cream, white or pale yellow flowers.

Where it grows

Cyphanthera albicans subsp. albicans grows in forest or shrubland in New South Wales from near Rylstone to the Shoalhaven River and also occurs in Queensland and the far north-east of Victoria. Subspecies notabilis is restricted to the Warrumbungles and subsp. tomentosa to western New South Wales.

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Ray Flowers

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cyphanthera albicans 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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