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Alpine Sunray

Leucochrysum alpinum

Alpine Sunray
Photo: Don & Betty Woods, CC BY 3.0
Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
Victoria

About

Leucochrysum alpinum, commonly known as alpine sunray, is a flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is a small, clumping perennial with grey leaves, white flower-heads and is endemic to Australia.

Where it grows

Alpine sunray grows at higher altitudes and in subalpine heath and grasslands mostly on shallow soils in New South Wales and Victoria.

Other Leucochrysum plants

Hoary Sunray · Leucochrysum graminifolium · Leucochrysum molle · Leucochrysum

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Leucochrysum alpinum 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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