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Cassinia Petrapendula
''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 Na ... [...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 Accipitrum
''Cassinia accipitrum'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to eastern New South Wales. It is an erect shrub with spreading, dark green leaves that are covered with cottony hair on the underside, and heads of yellowish brown flowers arranged in rounded cymes. Description ''Cassinia accipitrum'' is an erect shrub that typically grows to a height of with green to reddish young branches covered with cottony and glandular hairs. The leaves are long and wide, sometimes with the edges rolled under. The upper surface of the leaves is glossy dark green and the lower surface is covered with felt-like, cottony white hairs. The flower heads are arranged in a rounded, compound cyme of 50 to 300 yellowish-brown flowers, each head long with about twelve to sixteen, yellowish-brown involucral bracts in two or three whorls. Flowering occurs in October and November and the achene is long with a pappus of seventeen to twenty densely-barbed bristles. Taxon ... [...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] |
Cassinia Copensis
''Cassinia copensis'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is an erect, multi-stemmed shrub with aromatic, cylindrical leaves, and heads of creamy-white flowers arranged in a flattened corymb. Description ''Cassinia copensis'' is an erect, multi-stemmed shrub that typically grows to a height of and is strongly aromatic. The leaves are cylindrical long and about wide with the edges rolled under. The upper surface of the leaves is sticky with a sunken midrib and the lower surface is densely covered woolly white hairs. The flower heads are about long, each with five or six creamy-white florets surrounded by overlapping, opaque involucral bracts. The heads are arranged in a flattened corymb of one hundred to two hundred florets. Flowering occurs in December and the achenes are about long with a pappus of about twenty bristles long. Taxonomy and naming ''Cassinia copensis'' was first formally described in 2004 by Anth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cassinia Complanata
''Cassinia complanata'', commonly known as smooth cassinia, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It is a shrub with sticky, densely hairy stems, narrow linear to cylindrical leaves and heads of small flowers arranged in corymbs. Description ''Cassinia complanata'' is an erect or semi-erect shrub that typically grows to a height of , its branches sticky and densely covered with glandular hairs. The leaves are narrow linear to needle-shaped, long and wide, with sticky, cottony hairs on the lower surface. The flower heads are long and in diameter, each with five or six florets surrounded by five overlapping whorls of white involucral bracts. The heads are arranged in a corymb in diameter. Flowering occurs in January and February and the achenes are long with a bristly pappus about long. Taxonomy ''Cassinia complanata'' was first formally described in 1928 by John McConnell Black in ''Transactions of the Royal So ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cassinia Compacta
''Cassinia compacta'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a shrub with densely hairy stems, linear leaves and heads of yellow flowers arranged in dense corymbs. Description ''Cassinia compacta'' is a woody shrub that typically grows to a height of , its branches densely covered with erect glandular hairs. The leaves are linear, long and wide, dark green and sticky or scaly on the upper surface and hairy below. The flower heads are about long and in diameter, each with five or six yellow florets surrounded by four or five overlapping whorls of golden-brown involucral bracts that are wrinkled near the tip. 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 long. Taxonomy ''Cassinia compacta'' was first formally described in 1858 by Ferdinand von Mueller in '' Fragmenta phytographiae Australiae'' from specimens collected ... [...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 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 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 × 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] |
