Hoary Sunray

Hoary Sunray
Hoary Sunray

Hoary Sunray

Leucochrysum albicans var. tricolor

Short-lived perennial. Produces many small, short-lived seeds that require bare ground free from heavy competition including Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra, to successfully germinate and establish. Pollinated by bees and flies.

Details Description
Type
Herb
Group
Daisy
Former Scientific Name
Leucochrysum albicans ssp. albicans var. tricolor
Identifying Characteristics

Tufted herb to 40 cm high. Leaves are grass-like, silvery and stalkless, between 4-12 cm long and arranged alternately on the stem. Leaf surfaces are covered in soft white hairs. Large papery everlasting type flowers 4 cm wide. Flowers November-December.
Distinctive Features

Single papery flower heads on the ends of long stems. Yellow centre with surrounding papery white petal-like bracts.
Life Form Group
Herb
Life Form Codes
Medium Herb (MH)
EVC types
EVC 132_61: Heavier-soils Plains Grassland
Native Status
Native to Australia
Taxonomy
Phylum
Charophyta
Class
Equisetopsida
Order
Asterales
Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Leucochrysum
Species
albicans var. tricolor
Hoary Sunray
Endemic to south-eastern Australia, where it occurs in New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory, Victoria and Tasmania.

Distribution maps indicate current and historic locations where species have been sighted.

Source: Atlas of Living Australia

Endangered Status
DEPI Advisory List
Endangered
FFG Act
Not listed
EPBC Act
Not listed

The conservation status of species is listed within Victoria and Australia.

The Department of Environment and Primary Industry (DEPI) Advisory List consists of non-statutory advisory lists of rare or threatened flora and fauna within Victoria.

The Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988 (FFG Act) lists threatened species in Victoria. Under the Act, an Action Statement is produced for each listed species.

The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) is the Australian Government’s key piece of environmental legislation, listing nationally threatened native species and ecological communities.