Australian Native Plants

  Coronidium scorpioides (Button Everlasting)


Coronidium scorpioides photo
Coronidium scorpioides, Georges River National Park

Photograph by Casliber. Some rights reserved.    (view image details)




BUTTON EVERLASTING FACTS

distribution map showing range of Coronidium scorpioides in Australia

Map is from The Atlas of Living Australia web site, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License


Common Name
Button Everlasting

Description
grow in a rosette and are up to 9 cm long and 2 cm wide. Flowers are produced in spring. The flower head on the top of a vertical stem, and is yellow, about 3 cm in diameter.

Habitat
open forest, open woodland

Distribution
The Button Everlasting is found in eastern New South Wales, Victoria, south eastern South Australia, Tasmania.,

Growth Characteristics
Height: 0.2m - 0.5m
Spread: 0.2m - 0.3m

Classification
Class:Magnoliopsida
Order:Asterales
Family:Asteraceae
Genus:Coronidium
Species:scorpioides
Common Name:Button Everlasting


Relatives in same Genus
  Coronidium elatum