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Craspedia Forster f.Asteraceae (Inuleae tribe) |
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Alternate trade names
drumstick, golden drumstick, billy buttons, billy balls Common names
billy buttons Species cultivated
Craspedia globosa Benth., and possibly others Origin
Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand. Brief characterization
Straight, thin, unbranched stems bearing yellow spheres which are compound heads 3-4 cm in diameter, of many densely packed individual discoid heads; each 3-10 flowered individual head subtended by scarious phyllaries in one series; corolla yellow, short lobed; pappus prominent, of long, yellowish, recurved, plumose bristles. Cultivar and/or species variation
Not much variation, if any. Countries exporting
Kenya, Zambia, Zimbabwe.  |
