Common Name

Satin Everlasting, Coast Everlasting

Family

Asteraceae

Notes

Perennial forb to 50cm tall. Leaves alternating up the stems, 2-6cm long, 1-5mm wide, linear to flat, sparsely to moderately hairy above, grey-woolly below, both surfaces slightly sticky, margins curled under, with pointed tips. Flowers white to tinged pink, with a yellow centre, with many papery 'petals'. Flower heads hemispherical, borne singly or in open groups of 2-3 at the ends of the stems.

Description and photo in G.M. Cunningham, WE Mulham, PL Milthorpe and J H Leigh (1981 and later printings) Plants of Western New South Wales page 698

PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Helichrysum~leucopsideum