Cassinia maritima commonly known as coast cassinia,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to coastal areas of south-eastern Australia. It is an erect shrub with glandular hairs embedded in a sticky layer on its branches and leaves, needle-shaped leaves, and white to yellowish heads of flowers arranged in a flat-topped corymb.
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Cassinia |
| Species: | C. maritima
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| Binomial name | |
| Cassinia maritima | |
Description
editCassinia maritima is an erect shrub that typically grows to a height of 0.3–3.0 m (1 ft 0 in – 9 ft 10 in), its foliage covered with glandular hairs embedded in a sticky layer. The leaves are needle-shaped, 25–45 mm (0.98–1.77 in) long and 0.8–0.9 mm (0.031–0.035 in) wide with a curved tip. The upper surface of the leaves is sticky, the edges rolled under and the lower surface densely hairy. The flower heads are 4.5–5 mm (0.18–0.20 in) long and 2–3 mm (0.079–0.118 in) wide and white to yellowish, the florets surrounded by five overlapping rows of involucral bracts. The heads are arranged in groups of several hundred in a flat-topped corymb 50–120 mm (2.0–4.7 in) in diameter. Flowering occurs from January to March and the achenes are 1.0–1.2 mm (0.039–0.047 in) long with a pappus of twelve to sixteen bristles.[2][3][4]
Taxonomy and naming
editCassinia maritima was first formally described in 2004 by Anthony Edward Orchard in Australian Systematic Botany from specimens collected by near the Cann River in 2004.[5] The specific epithet (maritima) means "growing by the sea".[6]
Distribution and habitat
editCoast cassinia grows in the shrub layer of scrub and forest in near-coastal areas from Eden in south-eastern New South Wales to far far north-eastern Victoria.[2][3]
References
edit- ^ "Cassinia maritima". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
- ^ a b c "Cassinia maritima". Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
- ^ a b "Cassinia maritima". Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
- ^ Wood, Betty. "Cassinia maritima". Lucid Keys. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
- ^ "Cassinia maritima". Australian Plant Name Index. 19 June 2021.
- ^ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 248. ISBN 9780958034180.