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Paper daisy (beginning to open) Bracteantha is a genus of plants native to Australia with variable forms including annuals and low growing perennial shrubs. Their flowers really do feel as if made of paper! <br /> <br /> The genus was formerly known as Helichrysum and is now also known as Xerochrysum.<br /> <br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/87807/paper_daisy_fully_open.html" title="Paper daisy (fully open)"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3314/87807_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1681948810&Signature=I9dpVRIRnczCJbBJoyhDl0EGl8U%3D" width="200" height="190" alt="Paper daisy (fully open) Xerochrysum is a genus of plants native to Australia with variable forms including annuals and low growing perennial shrubs. Their flowers really do feel as if made of paper!<br /> <br /> The genus was formerly known as Helichrysum and is now also known as Xerochrysum.<br /> <br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/86974/paper_daisy_beginning_to_open.html<br /> <br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/124297/everlasting_daisy_bud.html<br /> <br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/125110/everlasting_daisy_half-opened.html Australia,Bracteantha bracteata,Everlasting Daisy,Flora,Geotagged,Golden everlasting,Helichrysum,Macro,Paper Daisy,Spring,Strawflower,XEROCHRYSUM BRACTEATUM,Xerochrysum bracteatum,new south wales,plant,white flower" /></a></figure><br /> <br /> Asteraceae,Asterales,Australia,Bracteantha bracteata,Everlasting Daisy,Geotagged,Golden everlasting,Macro,Paper Daisy,Spring,Strawflower,Xerochrysum bracteatum,botany,new south wales,plant,white flower Click/tap to enlarge Promoted

Paper daisy (beginning to open)

Bracteantha is a genus of plants native to Australia with variable forms including annuals and low growing perennial shrubs. Their flowers really do feel as if made of paper!

The genus was formerly known as Helichrysum and is now also known as Xerochrysum.

Paper daisy (fully open) Xerochrysum is a genus of plants native to Australia with variable forms including annuals and low growing perennial shrubs. Their flowers really do feel as if made of paper!<br /> <br /> The genus was formerly known as Helichrysum and is now also known as Xerochrysum.<br /> <br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/86974/paper_daisy_beginning_to_open.html<br /> <br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/124297/everlasting_daisy_bud.html<br /> <br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/125110/everlasting_daisy_half-opened.html Australia,Bracteantha bracteata,Everlasting Daisy,Flora,Geotagged,Golden everlasting,Helichrysum,Macro,Paper Daisy,Spring,Strawflower,XEROCHRYSUM BRACTEATUM,Xerochrysum bracteatum,new south wales,plant,white flower


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  1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
    Ferdy Christant
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    Using the "Xerochrysum bracteatum" name, which also seems accepted, and for which we already have a record.

    Great photo btw!     Posted 3 years ago
    1. View Ruth Spigelman's profile
      Ruth Spigelman
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      Hi Ferdy - although I did note this alternative genus name in my notes for the image/sighting...I saw that Xerochrysum bracteatum specifically is a yellow species of this genus. In my research, Bracteantha bracteatum was the white. So, not sure where to go from here. Posted 3 years ago
      1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
        Ferdy Christant
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        Going by what Wikipedia mentions, all of these names refer to the same species:

        Xerochrysum bracteatum
        Bracteantha bracteata
        Helichrysum bracteatum
        Helichrysum lucidum Henckel
        Helichrysum chrysanthum Pers

        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xerochrysum_bracteatum

        On the page you indeed see a yellow form, labelled as the "wild form". The longer text explains how the species is widespread and highly variable in color, also due to cultivation. So my assumption here is that you white form is one of many forms of this same species.

        If you read the taxonomy section of this species on Wikipedia, things get a lot more complex. There's many many names and the species has been transferred to multiple genuses. Current believe is that the current taxonomy is likely incorrect, and that in the future it is likely to be split up into multiple species.

        I can't really foresee what will happen, so hope you understand that it may be best to now go for the current consensus.         Posted 3 years ago
        1. View Ruth Spigelman's profile
          Ruth Spigelman
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          Thanks so much for your time and attention to this Ferdy. I should have made time to read the full Wiki page myself. Posted 3 years ago

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The Golden everlasting

"Xerochrysum bracteatum", commonly known as the golden everlasting or strawflower, is a flowering plant in the family Asteraceae native to Australia. It grows as a woody or herbaceous perennial or annual shrub up to a metre tall with green or grey leafy foliage.

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Similar species: Asterales
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Uploaded Nov 26, 2019. Captured Nov 19, 2019 11:01 in 26 Janet St, Merewether NSW 2291, Australia.
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