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Shawia myrsinoides, the silky daisy-bush, is a small spreading shrub from south-eastern Australia with daisy-like white and yellow or mauve flowers. It grows in moist forest edges, woodland, grassland and swampy ground, so give it steady moisture and a cool, sheltered spot.
Shawia myrsinoides, commonly known as silky daisy-bush or blush daisy bush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It is a spreading shrub with hairy branchlets, egg-shaped to elliptic leaves with toothed edges, and white and yellow or mauve, daisy-like inflorescences.
Shawia myrsinoides grows in forest, woodland, grassland, and swampy areas in eastern New South Wales, southern Victoria and Tasmania.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Shawia myrsinoides 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.
