Lemon Beauty Heads

Lemon Beauty Heads
Lemon Beauty Heads
Lemon Beauty Heads
Lemon Beauty Heads
Lemon Beauty Heads

Lemon Beauty Heads

Calocephalus citreus


Perennial. Hardy, drought resistant plant. Can survive in lightly grazed paddocks. Dies off after flowering then reshoots in mid-winter. 


Details Description
Type
Herb
Group
Daisy
Identifying Characteristics

Grows up to 50 cm tall by 50 cm wide with many tufts of narrow, grass-like silver-grey leaves. Bright yellow round or oblong flower heads at the top of slender upright stems. Flowers December-March.

Distinctive Features

Thin silver-grey leaves up to 10 cm long, with a pointed tip.

Life Form Group
Herb
Life Form Codes
Medium Herb (MH)
EVC types
EVC 132_61: Heavier-soils Plains Grassland
EVC 132_62: Lighter-soils Plains Grassland
EVC 132_63: Low-rainfall Plains Grassland
EVC 803: Plains Woodland
Native Status
Native to Australia
Taxonomy
Phylum
Charophyta
Class
Equisetopsida
Order
Asterales
Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Calocephalus
Species
citreus
Lemon Beauty Heads
Widespread in Victoria's western and northern plains, Tasmania, South Australia and New South Wales.

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.