Leaves linear to filiform or oblanceolate, 3–9 cm long, 0.5–5 mm wide, cottony, with revolute margins. Outer involucral bracts brown or purplish, intermediate and inner bracts yellow, intermediate bracts with laminae ovate to oblong or lanceolate, the apices obtuse. Flowers mainly Aug.–Mar.
MuM, Wim, GleP, VVP, VRiv, GipP, OtP, Gold, CVU, DunT, NIS, EGU, HSF, HNF, MonT, VAlp. Also Qld, NSW, ACT. Widely distributed through a wide range of habitats including open-forests, grassy woodlands and alpine herbfields, commonly on shallow, rocky soils.
Source:
Short, P.S. (1999). Leucochrysum. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J., Flora of Victoria Vol. 4, Cornaceae to Asteraceae, pp. 789–792. Inkata Press, Melbourne.
