Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Xerochrysum bracteatum
Common name
Golden everlasting
Family
Asteraceae
Where found
Forest, woodland, heath, roadsides, and disturbed sites. Widespread.
Notes
Annual herb (occasionally perennial) to 1 m tall. Stems slightly sticky, and more or less hairy and rough. Leaves alternating up the stems, 1.5-12 cm long, 3-30 mm wide, rough hairy, especially on the margins, not sticky, margins entire, tips rounded, pointed, or with a straight mucro. Flower heads 10-55 mm in diameter, with many yellow, rarely white, 'petals', and yellow centres. Flower heads below the 'petals' hemispherical. Flower heads in open few to many-flowered clusters. Flowers most of the year.
hairy, rough, margins entire, tips rounded, pointed, or with a straight mucro
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Xerochrysum~bracteatum (accessed 8 February, 2021)
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