Cassinia leptocephala
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| Cassinia leptocephala | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Cassinia |
| Species: | C. leptocephala |
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| Cassinia leptocephala | |
Cassinia leptocephala is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to New South Wales. It is a large, woody shrub with hairy, reddish stems, stiff linear leaves, and heads of pale yellow flowers arranged in a dense corymb.
Cassinia leptocephala is a robust, woody shrub that typically grows to a height of up to 3 m (9.8 ft) and has reddish stems densely covered with yellowish glandular hairs. The leaves are stiff, linear, 50–80 mm (2.0–3.1 in) long and 1.0–2.5 mm (0.039–0.098 in) wide with the edges rolled under. The base of the leaves is stem-clasping and the lower surface is scaly and covered with glandular hairs. The flower heads are 2–5 mm (0.079–0.197 in) long and about 1 mm (0.039 in) wide, each with two or three pale yellow florets surrounded by three or four overlapping rows of involucral bracts. The heads are arranged in a dense corymb up to 120 mm (4.7 in) in diameter. The achenes are about 0.6 mm (0.024 in) long with a pappus about 2.5 mm (0.098 in) long.[2]