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Cushion Bush

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Scientific Name:Leucophyta brownii (syn. Calocephalus brownii)
Cushion Bush plant
Cushion Bush plant
Photo: A J Brown

Other Common Name:
Snow Bush

Status:
Native to Western Australia, South Australia, New South Wales, Tasmania and Victoria.

Plant Description:
Rounded shrub to 1 m high, densely branched with small narrow and blunt ended leaves, 2-5 mm long, lying flat against their stems. Plant covered in white, short and matted hairs.

Compound flower-heads globular, white, 8-12 mm diameter with involucre (flower-cup) bracts with a green midrib and united by curly wool. The small flowers are tubular and yellow.

Habitat:
Abundant on coastal dunes and sea-cliffs along the whole coastline. Wind-pruned in exposed positions.

Comments:
Often used in coastal town park, roadside and median strip plantings and new varieties have been developed by the horticultural industry. Drought tolerant.

Cushion Bush Photos

Cushion Bush branches
Cushion Bush branches
Photo: A J Brown
Cushion Bush spent flowers
Cushion Bush branches and spent flower-heads
Photo: A J Brown

Cushion Bush flowerhead
Cushion Bush flower-head
Photo: A J Brown


Emerging flowers of Cushion Bush
Emerging flowers of Cushion Bush
Photo: A J Brown

Flower-heads of Cushion Bush
Flower-heads of Cushion Bush
Photo: A J Brown
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