Cassinia arcuata

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Cassinia arcuata
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Cassinia
Species:
C. arcuata
Binomial name
Cassinia arcuata
Synonyms [1]

Cassinia paniculata Behr & F.Muell. ex Sond.

Cassinia arcuata, commonly known as drooping cassinia, biddy bush, Chinese scrub, sifton bush [2] and Chinese shrub, [3] is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to Australia. It is a shrub, sometimes a small tree with sessile, linear leaves, and heads of up to two hundred brownish flowers arranged in pyramid-shaped panicles. In New South Wales, the species is known as Cassinia sifton . In disturbed areas, C. arcuata can become weedy.

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Description

Cassinia arcuata is a densely-branched, erect shrub or small tree that typically grows to a height of 1–2 m (3 ft 3 in – 6 ft 7 in) but sometimes to 4 m (13 ft), with densely cottony-hairy branches and sometimes a curry-like aroma. The leaves are linear, 2.5–10 mm (0.098–0.394 in) long and 0.5–1 mm (0.020–0.039 in) wide with the edges rolled under. Up to two hundred heads are arranged in pyramid-shaped panicles 30–80 mm (1.2–3.1 in) long with involucral bracts about 4 mm (0.16 in) long in four whorls around each of two or three brownish florets. Flowering mostly occurs from January to May and the achenes are 0.8–1.0 mm (0.031–0.039 in) long with a pappus of twenty-two to twenty-eight bristles 1.5–3 mm (0.059–0.118 in) long. [2] [4] [5] [6]

Taxonomy and naming

Cassinia arcuata was first formally described in 1818 by Robert Brown in Transactions of the Linnean Society of London . [7] [8]

Cassinia sifton Orchard has been confused with C. arcuata and the National Herbarium of New South Wales lists only C. sifton as occurring in New South Wales. Plants of the World Online list both species as occurring in New South Wales. [5] [9] [10]

Richard Hind Cambage used the name "Sifting Bush" for this species in 1902, comparing the fallen florets to "the 'siftings' which are blown away from grain by a winnowing machine". That name has since been corrupted to 'Sifton bush' in the mistaken belief that it referred to a person named Sifton. [11] [12]

The National Herbarium of Victoria considers C. sifton to be "widespread and common" in Victoria and that records prior to 2017 refer to that species.

Distribution and habitat

According to the Australian Plant Census, C. arcuata occurs in Western Australia, South Australia, New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory and Victoria. It grows in mallee and woodland, and invades disturbed areas. [2] [6] [13]

Use in horticulture

Drooping cassinia is an easily cultivated plant. It requires well-drained soils, grows in full or partial shade, but does not tolerate salt winds and is not long-lived. [14]

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<i>Cassinia quinquefaria</i> Species of flowering plant

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<i>Cassinia longifolia</i> Species of flowering plant

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Cassinia copensis is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is an erect, multi-stemmed shrub with aromatic, cylindrical leaves, and heads of creamy-white flowers arranged in a flattened corymb.

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<i>Olearia decurrens</i> Species of shrub

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<i>Cassinia sifton</i> Species of plant

Cassinia sifton, commonly known as sifton bush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to south-eastern continental Australia and an introduced species in other places. It is a multi-stemmed shrub with linear leaves, and more or less conical heads of 50 to 200 deep red to pale brown flowers. It is sometimes confused with Cassinia arcuata and authorities differ on its distribution.

References

  1. 1 2 "Cassinia arcuata". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 "Cassinia arcuata". State Herbarium of South Australia. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  3. ↑ "Cassinia arcuata". FloraBase . Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  4. ↑ "Cassinia arcuata". Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  5. 1 2 "Cassinia sifton". Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  6. 1 2 "Cassinia arcuata". Charles Sturt University. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  7. ↑ "Cassinia arcuata". Australian Plant Name Index. 9 June 2021.
  8. ↑ Brown, Robert (1818). "Observations on the natural family of plants called Compositae". Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. 12 (1): 128. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  9. ↑ "Cassinia sifton". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  10. ↑ "Cassinia arcuata". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  11. ↑ Cambage, Richard H. (1902). "Botany of the Interior of New South Wales". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 27: 194. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  12. ↑ "Cassinia arcuata". Australian Plant Name Index. 10 June 2021.
  13. ↑ "Sifton bush (Cassinia sifton)". New South Wales Government Department of Primary Industries. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  14. ↑ Scott, Rob; Blake, Neil; Campbell, Jeannie; Evans, Doug; Williams, Nicholas (2002). Indigenous Plants of the Sandbelt A Gardening Guide for South-eastern Melbourne. St Kilda: Gardners Books. p. 120. ISBN   095810090X.
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