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Cassinia leptophylla (Forst. f.) R. Br.

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Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles

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'Cassinia leptophylla' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/cassinia/cassinia-leptophylla/). Accessed 2024-11-09.

Synonyms

  • Calea leptophylla Forst. f.

Glossary

glabrous
Lacking hairs smooth. glabrescent Becoming hairless.
linear
Strap-shaped.
receptacle
Enlarged end of a flower stalk that bears floral parts; (in some Podocarpaceae) fleshy structure bearing a seed formed by fusion of lowermost seed scales and peduncle.
viscid
Sticky.

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Credits

Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles

Recommended citation
'Cassinia leptophylla' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/cassinia/cassinia-leptophylla/). Accessed 2024-11-09.

An evergreen, heath-like shrub 4 ft or more high, with erect, slender branchlets, not viscid, but clothed with a dense greyish down. Leaves 18 to 16 in. long, 120 to 116 in. wide, linear, or slightly wider towards the end; glabrous, dark green above, covered beneath with white or yellowish down. Flower-heads white, very small and numerous, forming terminal corymbs 1 to 2 in. across. Blossoms in August and September.

Native of New Zealand; very similar to C. fulvida, but the leaves paler beneath. The whole plant has a whiter cast. It differs also in having the disk (or receptacle) on which the florets are borne furnished with numerous scales; nor is it quite so hardy.