Helichrysum calvertianum 

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Phylogeny & links to associated information:

Wikipedia links:       Angiosperm > Eudicots > Asterids > Asterales > Asteraceae > Helichrysum calvertianum

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Plant  information

Common name:               ...

Conservation status:   Vulnerable species in NSW

Etymology:   

• The specific epithet (calvertianum) is in honour of "Mrs Calvert" (nee Louisa Atkinson), a plant collector for Mueller

Flowers:                  

• The papery white, daisy-like flowers are borne singly at the end of wiry branches

• 0.7–1 cm long and 1–1.5 cm in diameter with yellow centres

• The bracts are scaly, brownish, somewhat hairy near the base

• intermediate bracts longer with pale, papery edges, sometimes tinted pink near the apex, outer bracts golden and translucent, innermost bracts narrow with small, papery white edges

• Flowering occurs from January to August 

Fruit:                         

• Dry, one-seeded, slightly glandular, oblong to needle-shaped, bristly and almost feathery at the tip

Leaves:         

• The green crowded leaves are sticky

• Linear, 3–8 mm long, 0.5–0.8 mm wide

• Margins rolled under concealing the lower surface

Stem & branches:    

• It is a small, many branched subshrub to 30 cm high with smooth stems and occasional woolly, small glandular hairs

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Roots:         

Habit:        

• It is a small subshrub with small crowded leaves and single white daisy-like flowers

Habitat:   

• This species grows mostly on Hawkesbury sandstone in heavier, moist soils, on or near rock platforms and in dry sclerophyll forest

Distribution:                  

•  It is endemic to the Southern Highlands in NSW

• It is restricted to the Southern Highlands between Joadja, Belanglo, Fitzroy Falls and Mount Gibraltar

Additional notes:     

• Taxonomy and naming

  • Helichrysum calvertianum was first formally described 1877 by Ferdinand von Mueller as Helipterum calvertianum and the description was published in Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae

  • In 1882 Mueller changed the name to Helichrysum calvertianum

Sources of information:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helichrysum_calvertianum (2023)