Xerochrysum subundulatum

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Xerochrysum subundulatum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Xerochrysum
Species:
X. subundulatum
Binomial name
Xerochrysum subundulatum
(Sch.Bip.) R.J.Bayer[1]
Synonyms

Gnaphalium subundulatum (Sch.Bip.)[2]
Bracteantha subundulata (Sch.Bip.)Paul G. Wilson[3]
Helichrysum acuminatum (DC.)[4]
Bracteantha acuminata Anderb. & Haegi[5]
Non Gnaphaliumacuminatum acuminatum (Link)[6]
non Helichrysumacuminatum acuminatum (Link)Sweet[7]

The whole plant growing amongst scrub along the Thredbo River

Xerochrysum subundulatum (commonly named the alpine everlasting or orange everlasting) is a

Victoria, New South Wales and Tasmania.[8]

It is an ascending or erect annual. The plant normally grows to about 60 cm in height, and is usually simple or few-branched. Inflorescence bracts are papery and golden-yellow in colour.[8] It has thin, fleshy roots with a mean maximum diameter of 2 mm.[9]

Seedlings are tolerant of existing adult competition.[10] Its post-fire regenerative strategy is by both seed and sprout.[9]

References

  1. JSTOR 4119317
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  2. ^ Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 3: 171 (1845).
  3. ^ Paul G. Wilson, Muelleria 7 (4): 519 (1992).
  4. ^ Prodr. 6: 188 (1838)
  5. ^ Opera Bot., 104: 105 (1991)
  6. ^ Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 2: 317 (1822). Type: "in Pr. b. sp."
  7. ^ Hort. Brit. 223 (1826).
  8. ^ a b PlantNET: Xerochrysum subundulatum
  9. ^
    doi:10.1071/BT06216
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  10. ^ Maria Taranto; Judy Downe; Fiona Coates; Alison Oates (2004). "Recovery of montane swamp complex after bushfires in north east Victoria 2003" (PDF). Arthur Rylah Institute Technical Report. 152.


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