Xerochrysum subundulatum

Xerochrysum subundulatum (commonly named the alpine everlasting or orange everlasting) is a flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, native to Australia, growing in Victoria, New South Wales and Tasmania.[8]

Xerochrysum subundulatum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Xerochrysum
Species:
X. subundulatum
Binomial name
Xerochrysum subundulatum
(Sch.Bip.) R.J.Bayer[1]
Synonyms

Gnaphalium subundulatum (Sch.Bip.)[2]
Bracteantha subundulata (Sch.Bip.)Paul G. Wilson[3]
Helichrysum acuminatum (DC.)[4]
Bracteantha acuminata Anderb. & Haegi[5]
Non Gnaphaliumacuminatum acuminatum (Link)[6]
non Helichrysumacuminatum acuminatum (Link)Sweet[7]

The whole plant growing amongst scrub along the Thredbo River

It is an ascending or erect annual. The plant normally grows to about 60 cm in height, and is usually simple or few-branched. Inflorescence bracts are papery and golden-yellow in colour.[8] It has thin, fleshy roots with a mean maximum diameter of 2 mm.[9]

Seedlings are tolerant of existing adult competition.[10] Its post-fire regenerative strategy is by both seed and sprout.[9]

References
  1. Bayer, Randall J. (2001). "Xerochrysum Tzvelev, a Pre-Existing Generic Name for Bracteantha Anderb. & Haegi (Asteraceae: Gnaphalieae)". Kew Bulletin. 56 (4): 1013–1015. doi:10.2307/4119317. JSTOR 4119317.
  2. Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 3: 171 (1845).
  3. Paul G. Wilson, Muelleria 7 (4): 519 (1992).
  4. Prodr. 6: 188 (1838)
  5. Opera Bot., 104: 105 (1991)
  6. Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 2: 317 (1822). Type: "in Pr. b. sp."
  7. Hort. Brit. 223 (1826).
  8. PlantNET: Xerochrysum subundulatum
  9. Tolsma, A. D.; Read, S. M.; Tolhurst, K. G. (2007). "Roots of Australian alpine plant species contain high levels of stored carbohydrates independent of post-fire regeneration strategy". Australian Journal of Botany. 55 (8): 771. doi:10.1071/BT06216.
  10. Maria Taranto; Judy Downe; Fiona Coates; Alison Oates (2004). "Recovery of montane swamp complex after bushfires in north east Victoria 2003" (PDF). Arthur Rylah Institute Technical Report. 152.


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