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Hoary sunray is a small, woolly, grey-leaved Australian native daisy that forms clumps and bears yellow flower heads in spring. It is best grown in full sun with well-drained soil and little water once established.
Leucochrysum molle, commonly known as hoary sunray, is a flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is a small, clumping perennial with grey leaves, yellow flower-heads and is endemic to Australia.
Hoary sunray grows on a variety of soil types in woodlands, grasslands and sandplains in New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia and Victoria.
Hoary Sunray · Alpine Sunray · Leucochrysum graminifolium · Leucochrysum
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Leucochrysum molle 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.
