Cassinia tenuifolia explained

Cassinia tenuifolia, commonly known as bully bush or killmoke,[1] is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to Lord Howe Island. It is a dense, bushy shrub with hairy young stems, crowded linear leaves and sweetly scented flower heads arranged in corymbs.

Description

Cassinia tenuifolia is a dense, bushy shrub that typically grows to a height of up to with its young stems densely covered with felt-like hairs. The leaves are more or less crowded, linear, long and wide on a petiole long. The upper surface of the leaves is glabrous, the edges are rolled downwards and the lower surface is densely cottony-hairy. The flower heads are wide with cream-coloured florets surrounded by four whorls of involucral bracts. The heads are crowded in corymbs on the ends of branchlets. Flowering occurs from mid-January to April and the achenes are about long with a white pappus about long.

Taxonomy and naming

Cassinia tenuifolia was first formally described in 1867 by George Bentham in Flora Australiensis.[2] [3]

Distribution

Cassinia tenuifolia is endemic to Lord Howe Island where it is widespread and common, especially near the coast and is sometimes considered a weed in pasture.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cassinia tenuifolia . Royal Botanic Garden Sydney . 29 June 2021.
  2. Web site: Cassinia tenuifolia . Australian Plant Name Index. 29 June 2021.
  3. Book: Bentham . George . Flora Australiensis . 1867 . Lovell Reeve & Co. . London . 585–586 . 29 June 2021.