Cassinia sifton
Sifton Bush, Chinese Shrub at Frogmore, NSW
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| Cassinia sifton | MichaelBedingfield | 12 Jul 2019 | |
| Cassinia quinquefaria | BettyDonWood | 6 Jul 2019 | |
| Cassinia sifton | JanetRussell | 6 Jul 2019 |
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3 comments
7 Jul 2019
I don't think this is Cassinia quinquefaria. The leaves are far too short, and the seed-heads look different. See this example:
Cassinia quinquefaria (Cassinia) on 5 Aug 2018
7 Jul 2019
Quinquefaria leaves can be 2 cm long. You are probably right about the flowers looking different in seed, though there seems to be a fair bit of variability. Plantnet says the pappus is up to 2.5 mm long, so it should not look as fluffy as in this photo. On the other hand, I don’t think it looks like Cassinia sifton or Cassinia aculeata either and I cannot think of anything else.
7 Jul 2019
This is a sighting of Cassinia sifton which looks similar, also photographed in winter:
Cassinia sifton (Sifton bush, Chinese Shrub) on 6 Jun 2016
Location information
- Coordinates 148.848925-34.271653
- Altitude 538.1m
- Places Frogmore, NSW
Sighting information
- 16 - 100 Abundance
- 3 Jul 2019 11:57 AM Recorded on
- JanetRussell Recorded by
- Yes In flower
- 30cm to 1 metre Plant height
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Species information
- Cassinia sifton Scientific name
- Sifton Bush, Chinese Shrub Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 864m Recorded at altitude
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In flower
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