Button Everlasting - native (Coronidium scorpioides)

Family: Asteraceae (Daisy family).
Native.

Other names. Formerly known as Helichrysum scorpioides.

Occurrence: Most common in the southern wetter forests.

Identification:

• it is a yellow everlasting daisy (i.e. the bracts at the base of the flower clusters are petal-like)
• it has a single flower at the end of a leafy stem
• the petal-like bracts are in several rows, and not much wider than the central disk florets.

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