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| Botanical Name: |
Calocephalus brownii
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| Sounds like: |
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| Common Name: |
Cushion Bush
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| Family Name: |
ASTERACEAE
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| Genus: |
Calocephalus
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| species |
brownii
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| Name Derivation |
G: Gk. kalos-beautiful, cephale-head, refers to the flowers; S: after Robert Brown, English botanist
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| Growth Habit: |
Shrub
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| Dimensions: |
0.5-1.2m x 0.5-1.5m
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| Flower: |
Capitulum terminal; heads globular; to 1cm diameter; September to February; pale yellow
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| Climate: |
Soils: well drained coastal sands to clay loams; neutral to moderately alkaline, tolerating some soil salinity pests: none significant unless planted in soils with poor drainage
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| Fruit: |
A cypsela
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| Propagation: |
Seed, cuttings
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| Horticulture Use: |
Gardens, parks, landscaping, coastal, road verges; very ornamental, foliage colour and habit; excellent sand erosion inhibitor
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| Culture & Maintenance: |
Temperate to warm temperate; full sun to slight shade; salt spray, winds, frost and extended dry period tolerant; responds well to pruning-especially if it grows quickly in heavier, more fertile and moister soils
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| Foliage: |
Simple; to 1.5cm; appressed, linear to scale-like; alternate; entire; covered in grey-white hairs; grey-white
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