Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Xerochrysum palustre
Common name
Swamp everlasting
Family
Asteraceae
Where found
Wet situations such as permanent swamps. Kosciuszko National Park. Ranges and eastern edge of the tablelands.
Notes
Perennial rhizomatous herb to 1 m high. Stems densely cottony towards the top, otherwide hairless. Leaves alternating up the stems, 3–12 cm long, 3–8 mm wide, hairless or with cottonly hairs on the margins, tips pointed, half stem-clasping at the base. Flower heads 25–50 mm in diameter, with many golden-yellow 'petals' and yellow to orange centres. Flower heads single. Flowers November to March.
Vulnerable Australia. Vulnerable Vic. Listed in the Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act, Vic.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Xerochrysum~palustre (accessed 12 February, 2021)
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