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Cassinia
''Cassinia'' is a genus of about fifty-two species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae that are native to Australia and New Zealand. Plants in the genus ''Cassinia'' are shrubs, sometimes small trees with leaves arranged alternately, and heads of white, cream-coloured, yellow or pinkish flowers surrounded by several rows of bracts. Description Plants in the genus ''Cassinia'' are shrubs or small trees, sometimes with sticky foliage. The leaves are arranged alternately, the edges flat to strongly rolled under, and the flowers white to cream-coloured, yellow or pinkish, arranged in heads, the heads in cylindrical, top-shaped or bell-shaped corymbs. The heads are surrounded by several rows of usually erect, boat-shaped bracts. The florets are bisexual and cylindrical with five lobes and the cypselas are small and usually have a pappus of bristles. Taxonomy The genus ''Cassinia'' was first formally described in 1817 by Robert Brown in his book ''Observations on the Natu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cassinia Collina
''Cassinia'' is a genus of about fifty-two species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae that are native to Australia and New Zealand. Plants in the genus ''Cassinia'' are shrubs, sometimes small trees with leaves arranged alternately, and heads of white, cream-coloured, yellow or pinkish flowers surrounded by several rows of bracts. Description Plants in the genus ''Cassinia'' are shrubs or small trees, sometimes with sticky foliage. The leaves are arranged alternately, the edges flat to strongly rolled under, and the flowers white to cream-coloured, yellow or pinkish, arranged in heads, the heads in cylindrical, top-shaped or bell-shaped corymbs. The heads are surrounded by several rows of usually erect, boat-shaped bracts. The florets are bisexual and cylindrical with five lobes and the cypselas are small and usually have a pappus of bristles. Taxonomy The genus ''Cassinia'' was first formally described in 1817 by Robert Brown in his book ''Observations on the Natu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cassinia Cinerea
''Cassinia'' is a genus of about fifty-two species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae that are native to Australia and New Zealand. Plants in the genus ''Cassinia'' are shrubs, sometimes small trees with leaves arranged alternately, and heads of white, cream-coloured, yellow or pinkish flowers surrounded by several rows of bracts. Description Plants in the genus ''Cassinia'' are shrubs or small trees, sometimes with sticky foliage. The leaves are arranged alternately, the edges flat to strongly rolled under, and the flowers white to cream-coloured, yellow or pinkish, arranged in heads, the heads in cylindrical, top-shaped or bell-shaped corymbs. The heads are surrounded by several rows of usually erect, boat-shaped bracts. The florets are bisexual and cylindrical with five lobes and the cypselas are small and usually have a pappus of bristles. Taxonomy The genus ''Cassinia'' was first formally described in 1817 by Robert Brown in his book ''Observations on the Natu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cassinia × Amoenatorta
''Cassinia'' is a genus of about fifty-two species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae that are native to Australia and New Zealand. Plants in the genus ''Cassinia'' are shrubs, sometimes small trees with leaves arranged alternately, and heads of white, cream-coloured, yellow or pinkish flowers surrounded by several rows of bracts. Description Plants in the genus ''Cassinia'' are shrubs or small trees, sometimes with sticky foliage. The leaves are arranged alternately, the edges flat to strongly rolled under, and the flowers white to cream-coloured, yellow or pinkish, arranged in heads, the heads in cylindrical, top-shaped or bell-shaped corymbs. The heads are surrounded by several rows of usually erect, boat-shaped bracts. The florets are bisexual and cylindrical with five lobes and the cypselas are small and usually have a pappus of bristles. Taxonomy The genus ''Cassinia'' was first formally described in 1817 by Robert Brown in his book ''Observations on the Natu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cassinia Amoena
''Cassinia'' is a genus of about fifty-two species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae that are native to Australia and New Zealand. Plants in the genus ''Cassinia'' are shrubs, sometimes small trees with leaves arranged alternately, and heads of white, cream-coloured, yellow or pinkish flowers surrounded by several rows of bracts. Description Plants in the genus ''Cassinia'' are shrubs or small trees, sometimes with sticky foliage. The leaves are arranged alternately, the edges flat to strongly rolled under, and the flowers white to cream-coloured, yellow or pinkish, arranged in heads, the heads in cylindrical, top-shaped or bell-shaped corymbs. The heads are surrounded by several rows of usually erect, boat-shaped bracts. The florets are bisexual and cylindrical with five lobes and the cypselas are small and usually have a pappus of bristles. Taxonomy The genus ''Cassinia'' was first formally described in 1817 by Robert Brown in his book ''Observations on the Natu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cassinia Aculeata
''Cassinia aculeata'', commonly known as common cassinia, dolly bush or dogwood , is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It is an erect shrub with sessile, linear, variably-sized leaves, and heads of creamy-white to white flowers arranged in rounded cymes. Description ''Cassinia aculeata'' is an erect shrub that typically grows to a height of and has densely hairy young stems, and flaky bark on the older branches. The leaves are sessile, linear, long and wide, often with the edges rolled under. The flower heads are creamy-white to white, long, arranged in rounded cymes of 30 to 200, in diameter. Flowering occurs from November to February and the achene is cylindrical, long with a pappus of barbed bristles long. Taxonomy Dolly bush was first formally described in 1806 by Jacques Labillardière who gave it the name ''Calea aculeata'' in his book ''Novae Hollandiae Plantarum Specimen''. In 1818, Robert Brown chan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cassinia Arcuata
''Cassinia arcuata'', commonly known as drooping cassinia, biddy bush, Chinese scrub, sifton bush and Chinese shrub, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to Australia. It is a shrub, sometimes a small tree with sessile, linear leaves, and heads of up to two hundred brownish flowers arranged in pyramid-shaped panicles. In New South Wales, the species is known as '' Cassinia sifton''. In disturbed areas, ''C. arcuata'' can become weedy. Description ''Cassinia arcuata'' is a densely-branched, erect shrub or small tree that typically grows to a height of but sometimes to , with densely cottony-hairy branches and sometimes a curry-like aroma. The leaves are linear, long and wide with the edges rolled under. Up to two hundred heads are arranged in pyramid-shaped panicles long with involucral bracts about long in four whorls around each of two or three brownish florets. Flowering mostly occurs from January to May and the achenes are long with a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cassinia Trinerva
''Cassinia trinerva'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It is an erect shrub or small tree with hairy stems, narrow lance-shaped leaves, and flower heads arranged in dense corymbs. Description ''Cassinia trinerva'' is an erect shrub or tree that typically grows to a height of up to about , its branchlets sticky and covered with Gland (botany), glandular and cottony hairs. The leaves are narrow lance-shaped, long and wide on a Petiole (botany), petiole long with three longitudinal veins. The upper surface of the leaves is slightly sticky and the lower surface is cottony-hairy. The flower heads are long and wide with three or four white Glossary of botanical terms#floret, florets surrounded by fourteen to eighteen Bract#Involucral bracts, involucral bracts in three to five Whorl (botany), whorls. The heads are crowded in dense corymbs in diameter. Flowering occurs from December to March and the Asteraceae#Fruit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cassinia Aureonitens
''Cassinia aureonitens'', commonly known as the yellow cassinia is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to eastern New South Wales. It is a shrub with elliptic leaves and heads of yellow flowers arranged in dense corymbs. Description ''Cassinia aureonitens'' is a shrub that typically grows to a height of , its branches covered with glandular hairs. The leaves are elliptic, long and wide, dark green on the upper surface and paler below. The flower heads are long and about in diameter, each with five or six yellow florets surrounded by four or five overlapping whorls of involucral bracts. The heads are arranged in a dense corymb up to in diameter. Flowering occurs in spring and summer and the achenes are about long with a pappus about long. Taxonomy Yellow cassinia was first formally described in 1818 by Robert Brown and given the name ''Cassinia aurea'' in the ''Transactions of the Linnean Society of London'', but the name was illegitimate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cassinia Laevis
''Cassinia laevis'', commonly known as cough bush, dead finish, curry bush or rosemary bush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to south-eastern continental Australia. It is a shrub with a curry-like odour, crowded linear leaves, and heads of creamy-white flowers arranged in panicles. Description ''Cassinia laevis'' is a shrub that typically grows to a height of , has erect, densely branched stems and a curry-like odour. The leaves are crowded, linear, long and about wide. The upper surface of the leaves is shiny but the lower surface has fine hairs although obscured by the rolled edges of the leaf. The flower heads are long and wide, arranged in pyramid-shaped panicles in diameter, each head with two to four creamy-white florets surrounded by involucral bracts in four or five whorls. Flowering occurs spring and autumn and the achenes are about long with a pappus about long. Taxonomy ''Cassinia laevis'' was first formally described i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cassinia Denticulata
''Cassinia denticulata'', commonly known as stiff cassinia, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to eastern New South Wales. It is a shrub with yellowish stems, finely-toothed, egg-shaped to elliptic leaves, and Head (botany), heads of pale yellow flowers arranged in a dense corymb. Description ''Cassinia denticulata'' is a shrub that typically grows to a height of and has yellowish stems loosely covered with Gland (botany), glandular hairs. The leaves are egg-shaped to elliptic, long and wide with finely-toothed edges. The upper surface of the leaves is glossy dark green and sticky, the lower surface paler and covered with sticky hairs. The flower heads are long and wide, each with twelve to fourteen pale yellow Glossary of botanical terms#floret, florets surrounded by four or five rows of Bract#Involucral bracts, involucral bracts. The heads are arranged in a dense corymb of florets. Flowering occurs from spring to early summer and the As ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cassinia Decipiens
''Cassinia decipiens'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic central New South Wales. It is a shrub with woolly-hairy young twigs, spreading, cylindrical leaves, and heads of creamy-brown to yellowish flowers arranged in a rounded cyme. Description ''Cassinia decipiens'' is shrub that typically grows to a height of and has woolly-hairy young twigs and flaky, reddish-brown bark on older branches. The leaves spread at 90° to the stem and are cylindrical long and about wide with the edges rolled under. The upper surface of the leaves is glossy dark green and the lower surface is hidden by the rolled edges. The flower heads are about long, each with creamy-brown to yellowish florets surrounded by overlapping, papery involucral bracts. The heads are arranged in a rounded cyme of several hundred florets. The achenes are pale brown, about long with a pappus of eighteen to twenty-three barbed bristles. Taxonomy and naming ''Cassinia decipiens'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cassinia Cunninghamii
''Cassinia cunninghamii'', commonly known as Cunninghams everlasting, is a plant native to central New South Wales in eastern Australia. Description ''Cassinia cunninghamii'' is a small shrub high with woolly stems and whitish hairs. The leaves are crowded on the stems long and wide, the edges rolled under and ending in a sharp point at the tip. The leaf upper surface is dark green and rough with fine short hairs. The underside densely covered with long white matted hairs. The inflorescence is a thick corymb in diameter, each yellow flower about long and about in diameter. The overlapping bracts are in longitudinal rows of 3 or 4, broadly rounded and translucent brown. The dry, one seeded fruit are long and smooth. Taxonomy and naming ''Cassinia cunninghamii'' was first formally described in 1838 by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle and the description was published in ''Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis''. The specific epithet ''cunninghamii'' honours the bot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
