Coronidium scorpioides
Button Everlasting
Erect unbranched woolly-hairy perennial herb spreading from underground stems.
Additional information
- SynonymHelichrysum scorpioides
- FamilyAsteraceae
- StoreyLower storey
- Size30 cm x 20-30 cm
- Plant groupingHerbs & Groundcovers <1m
- LeavesBasal rosette of broad leaves becoming narrower up the stem, 3-9 cm x 3-8 mm, rough, sometimes nearly hairless above.
- Flower colourYellow
- Flowering timeSeptember to December
- FlowersSingle button-like daisy flowerheads to 30 mm across, held on long stalks, outer bracts below flowerhead papery, dark brown, inner bracts yellow.
- Bird attractingNo
- Butterfly attractingBoth food for caterpillars and nectar for butterflies.
- Frog habitatNo
- Growing conditionsMoist well drained soil in open forests and woodlands. Frost tolerant.
- Garden useMatting plant for cottage gardens, borders, rockeries. Drift under established trees. Plants die back each year after flowering.
- Commercially availableAustralian plant & indigenous nurseries
- Conservation statusWidespread within the Shire
- Related speciesSimilar to Coronidium gunnianum which is many branched and has narrower leaves and smaller flowers.
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Photographer/s: 1 Neville Walsh, Royal Botanic Gardens Board ©; 2 Yarra Ranges Council photo library; 3 Marilyn Bull ©
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