Botanical name

Chrysocoma coma-aurea

Family

Asteraceae

Common Name

Yellow Buttons, Beesbos, Cowcud
Chrysocoma coma-aurea
Chrysocoma coma-aurea
Chrysocoma coma-aurea
Chrysocoma coma-aurea
Chrysocoma coma-aurea
Chrysocoma coma-aurea

Description

Erect, closely-leafy shrub up to 50cm. Leaves linear, recurved; flowerheads discoid; small solitary, showy yellow button-like flowers massed at tips of stems.

Greek: chrys, golden; come, hair of the head: referring to terminal heads of golden flowers.

Habitat

Flats and lower slopes

Flower Date

October to January