Английская Википедия:Cassinia cunninghamii

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Cassinia cunninghamii, commonly known as Cunninghams everlasting,[1] is a plant native to central New South Wales in eastern Australia.

Description

Cassinia cunninghamii is a small shrub Шаблон:Cvt high with woolly stems and whitish hairs. The leaves are crowded on the stems Шаблон:Cvt long and Шаблон:Cvt wide, the edges rolled under and ending in a sharp point at the tip. The leaf upper surface is dark green and rough with fine short hairs. The underside densely covered with long white matted hairs. The inflorescence is a thick corymb Шаблон:Cvt in diameter, each yellow flower about Шаблон:Cvt long and about Шаблон:Cvt in diameter. The overlapping bracts are in longitudinal rows of 3 or 4, broadly rounded and translucent brown. The dry, one seeded fruit are Шаблон:Cvt long and smooth.[1][2]

Taxonomy and naming

Cassinia cunninghamii was first formally described in 1838 by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle and the description was published in Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis.[3][4] The specific epithet cunninghamii honours the botanical collector Allan Cunningham.[5]

Distribution and habitat

Cunninghams everlasting grows on sandstone in dry sclerophyll forest mostly from the upper Hunter Region to Nowra and west to Newnes in New South Wales.[1]

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