Cymbonotus preissianus
Austral Bear’s-ears
Hairy herb forming a rosette.
Additional information
- FamilyAsteraceae
- StoreyLower storey
- SizeProstrate x 10-30 cm
- Plant groupingHerbs & Groundcovers <1m
- LeavesIrregularly toothed to lobed egg-shaped to elliptic leaves, 4-15 cm x 2-5 cm, green above, velvety white below.
- Flower colourYellow
- Flowering timeMost of the year
- FlowersSingle daisy flowerheads 8-20 mm across on long stalks.
- Bird attractingNo
- Butterfly attractingNectar for butterflies
- Frog habitatNo
- Growing conditionsDryish to moist open forests. Semi to full shade.
- Garden useDandelion-like herb which has attractive hairy leaves. Use in sheltered rockeries and scattered amongst trees.
- Commercially availableNo information available
- Conservation statusSignificant within the Shire. Known from few local sites where it is scattered.
- Aboriginal Use Food - roots (other species and possibly this species)
- Related speciesThere is reputed to be a collection of Cymbonotus lawsonianus in 1906 in the former Shire of Sherbrooke. It differs in having shorter leaf and flower stalks and smaller, curved, downy seeds which have a deep hole on one face.
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Photographer/s: 1, 3 Marilyn Bull ©; 2 Marty White/SYR ©;
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