Australian Native Plants

  Coronidium elatum (White Paper Daisy)


Coronidium elatum photo
White Paper Daisy - Coronidium elatum

Photograph by Moonlight0551 from Australia. Some rights reserved.    (view image details)




WHITE PAPER DAISY FACTS

distribution map showing range of Coronidium elatum in Australia

Map is from The Atlas of Living Australia web site, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License


Common Name
White Paper Daisy

Other Names
White Everlasting, Tall Everlasting

Description
White Paper Daisy is a shrub or subshrub with an erect habit that grows to about 1 m tall. The leaves are elliptical and grow up to 12 cm long. The plant flowers in winter and spring from June to November. The flower head is white with yellow centre, and about 2.5 cm to 4.5 cm in diameter. The plant was formerly known as Helichrysum elatum.

Habitat
open forest, rainforest margins

Distribution
White Everlasting is found in south east Queensland, eastern New South Wales and eastern Victoria.

Growth Characteristics
Height: 1m
Spread: 0.5m

Classification
Class:Magnoliopsida
Order:Asterales
Family:Asteraceae
Genus:Coronidium
Species:elatum
Common Name:White Paper Daisy


Relatives in same Genus
  Coronidium scorpioides