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]
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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: | Xerochrysum |
| Species: | X. subundulatum
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| Binomial name | |
| Xerochrysum subundulatum (Sch.Bip.) R.J.Bayer[1]
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| Synonyms | |
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Gnaphalium subundulatum (Sch.Bip.)[2] | |
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 2 mm.[9]
Seedlings are tolerant of existing adult competition.[10] Its post-fire regenerative strategy is by both seed and sprout.[9]
References
edit- ^ Bayer, Randall J. (2001). "Xerochrysum Tzvelev, a Pre-Existing Generic Name for Bracteantha Anderb. & Haegi (Asteraceae: Gnaphalieae)". Kew Bulletin. 56 (4): 1013–1015. doi:10.2307/4119317. JSTOR 4119317.
- ^ Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 3: 171 (1845).
- ^ Paul G. Wilson, Muelleria 7 (4): 519 (1992).
- ^ Prodr. 6: 188 (1838)
- ^ Opera Bot., 104: 105 (1991)
- ^ Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 2: 317 (1822). Type: "in Pr. b. sp."
- ^ Hort. Brit. 223 (1826).
- ^ a b PlantNET: Xerochrysum subundulatum
- ^ 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.
- ^ Maria Taranto; Judy Downe; Fiona Coates; Alison Oates (2004). "Recovery of montane swamp complex after bushfires in north east Victoria 2003" (PDF). Arthur Rylah Institute Technical Report. 152.