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Craspedia glauca
Billy Buttons
Notes

Uses: Ornamental perennial herb for native landscapes, rockeries, parks and reserves. Requires well-drained soils.
Attracts nectar eating native butterflies.
Often dies back over hot summers.

  • Height 0.2-0.3m
  • Spread 0.5-1m
  • Position
    • position-fullsun Full Sun
    • position-partshade Part Shade
  • Family Asteraceae
  • Botanical Name Craspedia glauca
  • Common Name Billy Buttons
  • Origin SA, Vic, Tas
  • Habit Erect, Tufting
  • Landscape Coastal footslopes, Footslopes, Hills, Plains, 2nd line coast
  • Soil Texture Loam, Sand
  • pH Acidic, Alkaline, Neutral
  • Tolerates Drought, Lime, Moderate frost
  • Supplementary Watering Minimal
  • Flower Colour Yellow
  • Flowering Time Spring, Summer
  • Flower Type Daisy
  • Purpose Ornamental
  • Evergreen/Deciduous N/A
  • Form Groundcover
  • Indigenous to the Adelaide Region