Coronidium Elatum
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''Coronidium elatum'', commonly known as the white paper daisy or tall everlasting, is a perennial herbaceous shrub in the family
Asteraceae The family Asteraceae, alternatively Compositae, consists of over 32,000 known species of flowering plants in over 1,900 genera within the order Asterales. Commonly referred to as the aster, daisy, composite, or sunflower family, Compositae w ...
found in open forests in eastern Australia. A woody shrub tall, it has white flowers which appear in spring. It was known as ''Helichrysum elatum'' for many years until it was finally reviewed in 2008.


Description

The plant is a woody shrub or subshrub with an erect habit reaching anywhere from high. The ovate to elliptic leaves are up to long with entire or wavy (sinuate) margins, and sit on 1–2 cm long petioles. The petioles and leaf undersides are covered in white hair, the upper leaf surfaces less so. The flowers appear from June to November, with plants most
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