Xerochrysum bracteatum
Bracted Everlasting, Strawflower, Garden Everlasting, Bracted strawflower, Golden Everlasting, Paper Daisy, Paper-flower, Straw Daisy, Yellow Paper Daisy, Everlasting Flower, Annual Everlasting-flower, Bushy Everlasting
Description
Ornamental herbaceous plant characterised by its spring-summer inflorescences of papery consistency and texture, with different glossy colours depending on the variety. Suitable for terraces and balconies as well as for gardens in beds or borders, also in mixed compositions with other ornamentals. Easy to grow, it requires regular watering and bright exposure.
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Magnoliophyta
- Class
- Angiospermae
- Order
- Asterales
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Xerochrysum
- Species
- Xerochrysum bracteatum
Synonyms (15)
- Aphelexis spectabilis
- Bracteantha bracteata
- Gnaphalium acuminatum
- Gnaphalium chrysanthum
- Gnaphalium glabratum
- Gnaphalium macrocephalum
- Helichrysum acuminatum
- Helichrysum bracteatum
- Helichrysum chrysanthum
- Helichrysum compositum
- Helichrysum glabratum
- Helichrysum lucidum
- Helichrysum macrocephalum
- Xeranthemum bracteatum
- Xeranthemum lucidum
