| Dusty Miller | |
|---|---|
| prostrate form | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Magnoliophyta |
| Class: | Magnoliopsida |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rhamnaceae |
| Genus: | Spyridium |
| Species: | S.parvifolium |
| Binomial name | |
| Spyridium parvifolium (Hook.) F.Muell. |
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Spyridium parvifolium (Dusty Miller) is a shrub in the family Rhamnaceae, endemic to South Australia, Victoria, Tasmania and New South Wales in Australia. It grows up to 3 metres in height and produces 2 to 3 mm long white flowers in small heads.[1]
Spyridium parvifolium has a degree of frost and drought tolerance, and adapts well to most soils and positions with adequate drainage. A prostrate form with the cultivar name 'Austraflora Nimbus' , spreads to 1 metre across and is suited to coastal gardens, rockeries and containers.[2]