Spyridium parvifolium (Dusty Miller)
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Spyridium parvifolium (prostrate form) (cultivated, labelled) Burnley Gardens, Burnley, Victoria, Australia
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DUSTY MILLER FACTS |
Map is from The Atlas of Living Australia web site, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License
Common Name
Dusty Miller
Description
Dusty Miller is a shrub that grows to about 3 m tall. There is also a prostrate ground cover form that grows to about 15 cm spreads to about a metre across. The leaves are dark green above and paler with hairs on the underside, elliptical in shape and grow to about 10 mm long. It produces small flower heads of white or pink flowers with each individual flower about 2 mm to 3 mm in length. Flowers are produced in winter and spring. The flower head is surrounded by cream coloured bracts. Capsule fruit are produced after flowering.
Habitat
found in woodland, shrubland and heathland
Distribution
Spyridium parvifolium is found in New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania
Growth Characteristics
Height: 0.15m - 2m
Spread: 1m - 1.5m
Classification
| Class: | Magnoliopsida | | Order: | Rosales | | Family: | Rhamnaceae | | Genus: | Spyridium | | Species: | parvifolium | | Common Name: | Dusty Miller |
Relatives in same Genus
Spyridium vexilliferum
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