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Helichrysum scorpioides
Button Everlasting
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Uses: Hardy perennial with yellow papery bracts. Useful as filler or edging plant. Good for under planting around taller trees. Grows best in moist soils. Can be pruned back in winter.
Propagation is from cuttings or by division.

This plant is indigenous to the following botanical regions of South Australia.

:MU: Murray
:SL: Southern Lofty
:SE: South Eastern
 
For detail on these regions refer to the user guide,

  • Height 0.2-0.5m
  • Spread 0.2-0.3m
  • Position
    • position-fullsun Full Sun
  • Family Asteraceae
  • Botanical Name Helichrysum scorpioides
  • Common Name Button Everlasting
  • Origin SA, Vic, NSW,WA, Qld, NT
  • Habit Rounded, Dense
  • Landscape Coastal footslopes, 2nd line coast, Plains, Footslopes, Hills
  • Soil Texture Sand, Loam, Clay
  • pH Acidic, Alkaline, Neutral
  • Tolerates Drought, Heavy frost
  • Supplementary Watering Minimal
  • Flower Colour Yellow
  • Flowering Time Winter, Spring
  • Flower Type Clusters
  • Purpose Habitat, Ornamental, Erosion
  • Evergreen/Deciduous Evergreen
  • Form Low shrub (Up to 1.2m)
  • Indigenous to the Adelaide Region