Cassinia denticulata
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| Stiff cassinia | |
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| Cassinia denticulata at Bundanoon | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Cassinia |
| Species: | C. denticulata |
| Binomial name | |
| Cassinia denticulata | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
Cassinia denticulata, commonly known as stiff cassinia,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to eastern New South Wales. It is a shrub with yellowish stems, finely-toothed, egg-shaped to elliptic leaves, and heads of pale yellow flowers arranged in a dense corymb.
Cassinia denticulata is a shrub that typically grows to a height of 0.7–2 m (2 ft 4 in – 6 ft 7 in) and has yellowish stems loosely covered with glandular hairs. The leaves are egg-shaped to elliptic, 8–25 mm (0.31–0.98 in) long and 3–6 mm (0.12–0.24 in) wide with finely-toothed edges. The upper surface of the leaves is glossy dark green and sticky, the lower surface paler and covered with sticky hairs. The flower heads are 2–4 mm (0.079–0.157 in) long and wide, each with twelve to fourteen pale yellow florets surrounded by four or five rows of involucral bracts. The heads are arranged in a dense corymb of florets. Flowering occurs from spring to early summer and the achenes are about 0.6 mm (0.024 in) long with a pappus 2–2.5 mm (0.079–0.098 in) long.[2][3]