Drooping Cassinia

Drooping Cassinia
Drooping Cassinia
Drooping Cassinia

Drooping Cassinia

Cassinia arcuata

Occurs mostly on dry stony ground.

Details Description
Type
Shrub
Group
Daisy
Identifying Characteristics

Erect, aromatic shrub to 2 m. Branchlets are covered with sparse cottony hairs and erect gland-tipped leaves. Inflorescence to 9 cm long with a dense cluster of deep red to pale brown florets to 3.5 mm long. Flowers February-April.
Distinctive Features

The inflorescence may appear drooping.
Life Form Group
Shrub
Life Form Codes
Medium Shrub (MS)
EVC types
EVC 175: Grassy Woodland
Native Status
Native to Australia
Taxonomy
Phylum
Charophyta
Class
Equisetopsida
Order
Asterales
Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Cassinia
Species
arcuata
Common through central Victoria. Also found in New South Wales, South Australia and Western Australia.

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

Source: Atlas of Living Australia

Endangered Status
DEPI Advisory List
Not listed
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.