Xerochrysum subundulatum

Xerochrysum subundulatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): 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]

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]

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 2mm.[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: 1013–1015. 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. ^ a b PlantNET: Xerochrysum subundulatum
  9. ^ a b 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.  edit
  10. ^ Maria Taranto, Judy Downe, Fiona Coates and Alison Oates (2004). "Recovery of montane swamp complex after bushfires in north east Victoria 2003". Arthur Rylah Institute Technical Report. 152. http://www.greenhouse.vic.gov.au/CA256F310024B628/0/2AEB6E243DEA571ECA25717000187F31/$File/Recovery+of+Montane+Swamp+Complex+after+Bushfires+in+North+East+Victoria+2004.pdf.