Spyridium eriocephalum
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| Spyridium eriocephalum | |
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| In the Monarto Conservation Park | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rhamnaceae |
| Genus: | Spyridium |
| Species: | S. eriocephalum |
| Binomial name | |
| Spyridium eriocephalum | |
Spyridium eriocephalum, commonly known as heath spyridium[2] or heath dustymiller,[3] is a species of flowering plant in the family Rhamnaceae and is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It is an erect to spreading shrub with linear leaves, and heads of white or cream-coloured, woolly-hairy flowers with brown bracts at the base.
Spyridium eriocephalum is an erect to spreading shrub that typically grows to a height of up to 50 cm (20 in). Its leaves are linear, 5–14 mm (0.20–0.55 in) long and 0.5–1 mm (0.020–0.039 in) wide with linear brown stipules 2.0–3.5 mm (0.079–0.138 in) long at the base. The upper surface of the leaves is glabrous, the lower surface obscured by the down-rolled edges of the leaves. The heads of flowers are 4–10 mm (0.16–0.39 in) wide, arranged on the ends of branches with up to three floral leaves and several brown papery bracts at the base. The flowers are 2–3 mm (0.079–0.118 in) long, white or cream-coloured and covered with woolly white hairs. Flowering mostly occurs from August to November.[2][3][4][5]