ON THIS PLANT
Cassinia arcuata, commonly known as drooping cassinia, biddy bush, Chinese scrub, sifton bush and Chinese shrub, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to Australia. It is a shrub, sometimes a small tree with sessile, linear leaves, and heads of up to two hundred brownish flowers arranged in pyramid-shaped panicles. In New South Wales, the species is known as Cassinia sifton. In disturbed areas, C. arcuata can become weedy.
CHARACTERISTICS
Botanical profile.
- Genus
- Cassinia
- Family
- Asteraceae
ALSO KNOWN AS
Other names.
en Chineseshrub en Biddybush en Drooping cassinia en Siftingbush en Siftonbush en Chinese scrub
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