Spyridium parvifolium

Spyridium parvifolium (Dusty Miller) is a shrub in the family Rhamnaceae, endemic to South Australia, Victoria, Tasmania and New South Wales in Australia. It grows up to 3 metres in height and produces 2 to 3 mm long white flowers in small heads.[1]

Dusty Miller
Prostrate form
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rhamnaceae
Genus: Spyridium
Species:
S. parvifolium
Binomial name
Spyridium parvifolium
Spyridium parvifolium, Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens, Tasmania, Australia

Cultivation

Spyridium parvifolium has a degree of frost and drought tolerance, and adapts well to most soils and positions with adequate drainage. A prostrate form with the cultivar name 'Austraflora Nimbus', spreads to 1 metre across and is suited to coastal gardens, rockeries and containers.[2]

References

  1. "New South Wales Flora Online: Spyridium parvifolium". Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney, Australia.
  2. Greig, D. (1987). The Australian Gardener's Wildflower Catalogue. Australia: Angus & Robertson. ISBN 0207154600.


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