Coronidium boormanii

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Coronidium boormanii
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In Bald Rock National Park
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Coronidium
Species:
C. boormanii
Binomial name
Coronidium boormanii
Synonyms [1]
  • Helichrysum boormaniiMaiden & Betche
  • Helichrysum boormaniiMaiden & Betche var. boormanii
  • Helichrysum boormanii var. typicum Domin nom. inval.
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Close up of flower

Coronidium boormanii is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a woody herb with densely hairy stems, elliptic to narrowly elliptic leaves and heads of white flowers.

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Description

Coronidium boormanii is a woody herb that typically grows to a height of 60–100 cm (24–39 in) and has stems densely covered with short glandular hairs. Its leaves are sessile, elliptic to narrowly elliptic, 40–100 mm (1.6–3.9 in) long, 1.0–1.8 mm (0.039–0.071 in) wide with a stem-clasping base and densely covered with glandular hairs. The flowers are borne in a single or three to seven hemispherical heads 30–60 mm (1.2–2.4 in) in diameter with white involucral bracts at the base, the intermediate bracts the longest. Flowering occurs throughout the year, and the cypselas are about 2.5 mm (0.098 in) long, crusty and glossy dark brown with a bristly pappus. [2] [3]

Taxonomy

This species was first described in 1905 by Joseph Maiden and Ernst Betche who gave it the name Helichrysum boormanii in the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales . [4] [5] In 2008, Paul Graham Wilson transferred the species to Coronidium as C. boormanii in the journal Nuytsia . [3] [6]

Distribution and habitat

This species of everlasting is found from Atherton in north Queensland to Tenterfield in northern New South Wales, where it grows in woodland and forest. [2] [5]

Conservation status

Coronidium boormanii is listed as of "least concern" in Queensland, under the Queensland Government Nature Conservation Act 1992 . [7]


References

  1. 1 2 "Coronidium boormanii". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 17 January 2026.
  2. 1 2 "Coronidium boormanii". Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney. Retrieved 17 January 2026.
  3. 1 2 Wilson, Paul G. (2008). "Coronidium, a new Australian genus in the Gnaphalieae (Asteraceae)". Nuytsia. 18: 316. Retrieved 17 January 2026.
  4. ↑ "Helichrysum boormanii". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 17 January 2026.
  5. 1 2 Maiden, Joseph; Betche, Ernst (1905). "Notes from the Botanic Gardens, Sydney No. 11". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 30 (3): 366. Retrieved 17 January 2026.
  6. ↑ "Coronidium boormanii". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 17 January 2026.
  7. ↑ "Taxon - Coronidium boormanii". Queensland Government WildNet. Retrieved 17 January 2026.
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