Chrysocephalum apiculatum

Botanical Name: Chrysocephalum apiculatum
Common Name: Common everlasting
Family: Asteraceae
Size: 10-50cm H x 20-30cm W
Leaves: Variable, 1-7cm long, ending in short fine point. Grey-green, densely hairy upper surface, may have an even denser undersurface. The stems are hairy, woolly, white.
Flowers: Small, terminal, globular clusters of golden flowerheads on slender stalks to 30cm.
Flowering Time: Early spring/summer, sporadic.

Habitat/distribution: Widespread in grasslands and along roadsides. Also, WA, SA, Vic, NSW, Q.
Where to See: Throughout Tasmania, especially dry sclerophyll areas in many National Parks and city bushland parks and gardens.
Other notes: Hardy, long flowering, spreading, colourful in any garden. Self-seeds and layers in mulch. Prune after flowering for shape and size and to promote more flowers.