Fringed Everlasting

Chrysocephalum baxteri, known by the common name fringed everlasting is a perennial herb native to southern Australia. It is a member of the Asteraceae, the daisy family. Found in low heath country and sclerophyll forest. A small plant, 10 to 40 cm high with many stems. Leaves are linear in shape, 4 to 30 mm long, 0.5 to 2.5 mm wide. Both leaf surfaces are a felty grey/green. White flowers mostly form in spring and summer.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Fringed Everlasting being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

• Argentipallium obtusifolium
• Helichrysum leucopsideum
• Argentipallium dealbatum
• Coronidium waddelliae
• Leucochrysum albicans

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Asterales

Family

Asteraceae

Genus

Chrysocephalum

Species

Chrysocephalum baxteri

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