Gardening with Indigenous Plants
Indigenous Plant Use
Identification & Control of Common Weeds
| Botanical Name: | Craspedia variabilis |
| Common Name: | common billy buttons |
| Sold As: | Tube ($2.00) |
| Plant Type(s): | Ground Cover (up to 30 cm), Low Growing Shrub (30 cm to 1 m), Butterfly Attracting, Insect Attracting, Popular (home), Popular (bulk), Nature Strip, Cottage |
| Growing Conditions: | Full Sun, Partial Shade
Moist, Wet, Boggy |
| Size (HxW): | 1 m x 30 cm |
| Foliage: | Hairy, pale to olive green leaves. Narrow, spoon-shaped leaves in a basal rosette, smaller stem leaves, 5-13 cm x 5-13 mm. |
| Flowers: | One to several long erect lowering stems with a terminal globular golden yellow flower head to 20 mm across |
| General Comments: | Excellent dried flower. Erect tufted perennial herb. Frost tolerant. Nectar for butterflies. Spectacular plant for massed flowering as an understorey plant, on an embankment or in containers. Flowers are long lasting and can be used in fresh or dried arrangements. |
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