Schoenia cassiniana

Schoenia cassiniana (common name - Pink everlasting)[1] is a species of plant in the tribe Gnaphalieae within the family Asteraceae, native to Western Australia, South Australia and the Northern Territory.[2] It was first described in 1829 by Charles Gaudichaud-Beaupré as Helichrysum cassinianum,[3][4] but was transferred to the genus Schoenia in 1845 by Joachim Steetz.[3][5]

Schoenia cassiniana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Schoenia
Species:
S. cassiniana
Binomial name
Schoenia cassiniana
Synonyms[2]

Helichrysum cassinianum Gaudich.
Helipterum cassinianum (Gaudich.) DC.
Pteropogon cassinianus (Gaudich.) F.Muell.
Pteropogon oppositifolius (Steetz) Lehm.
Schoenia oppositifolia Steetz

It is an annual herb, growing to heights of 7 cm to 70 cm on sandy, loamy, clay and stony soils.[6] Its pink and yellow flowers may be seen from June to November.[6]

References
  1. "NT Flora: Schoenia cassiniana". eflora.nt.gov.au. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
  2. "Schoenia cassiniana (Gaudich.) Steetz | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
  3. "Schoenia cassiniana". Australian Plant Name Index, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
  4. Charles Gaudichaud-Beaupré (1829), Voyage autour du monde, entrepris par ordre du roi, . . . éxécuté sur les corvettes de S. M. l'Uranie et la Physicienne (in French), vol. 9, p. t. 87, Wikidata Q6164880
  5. Steetz, J. (1845), Lehmann, J.G.C. (ed.), Plantae Preissianae: sive Enumeratio plantarum quas in Australasia occidentali et meridionali-occidentali annis 1838-1841 (in Latin), vol. 1, p. 481, doi:10.5962/BHL.TITLE.114488, Wikidata Q6077853
  6. "Schoenia cassiniana". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
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