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Craspedia glauca

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Species of flowering plant

Billy buttons
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Craspedia
Species: C. glauca
Binomial name
Craspedia glauca
(Labill.) Spreng.

Craspedia glauca, commonly known as billy buttons, is an erect annual or perennial herb endemic to Tasmania. It is usually an annual herb with pale green leaves in a rosette and yellow button-like flowers on a tall stem.

Description

Craspedia glauca is an annual or perennial herb of varying form and habitat, mostly with yellow "button" flowers on a tall stem 10–80 cm (3.9–31.5 in) high. The lower leaves are green, oblong to oblong-lance shaped, 4–20 cm (1.6–7.9 in) long, 6–18 mm (0.24–0.71 in) wide, narrowing gradually and forming a rosette at the base of the stem.

References

  1. "Craspedia glauca". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
  2. ^ "Craspedia glauca". Botanic Gardens of South Australia. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
Taxon identifiers
Craspedia glauca
Richea glauca


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