Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
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Coronidium oxylepis subsp. lanatum
Woolly pointed everlasting
Asteraceae
Dry forest and woodland. Coast, ranges, and tablelands, north of Bega. ACT and nearby.
Perennial herb with a woody rootstock, to 0.60 m high. Stems woolly. Leaves alternating up the stems, sometimes crowded at the base, 3-8.5 cm long, 6-14 mm wide, papery to somewhat fleshy, upper surface hairless to sparsely cottony, lower surface cottony to woolly, tips blunt to pointed. Flower heads with many papery yellow to straw-coloured or bronze stiff and shiny 'petals', and yellow centres. 'Petals' bend down at maturity. Flower heads 25-35 mm in diameter overall, hemispherical, single. Flowers Spring-Autumn.
Was Helichrysum collinum.
All native plants on unleased land in the ACT are protected.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Coronidium~oxylepis (accessed 7 January, 2021)
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