Common Yellow Button,
Common Everlasting,
Small Yellow Button
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Regional Species Conservation Assessments per IBRA subregion.
Least concern
Near threatened
Rare
Vulnerable
Endangered
Critically endangered
Extinct
Data deficient
Adelaide
Arkaroola
Ceduna
Coober Pedy
Hawker
Innamincka
Marla
Marree
Mount Gambier
Oodnadatta
Renmark
Wudinna
Keith
Yunta
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Mount Gambier (SVP02) | Southern Volcanic Plain | Least Concern (IUCN: ) |
Bridgewater (NCP01) | Naracoorte Coastal Plain | Least Concern (IUCN: ) |
Glenelg Plain (NCP02) | | Least Concern (IUCN: ) |
Lucindale (NCP03) | | Least Concern (IUCN: ) |
Tintinara (NCP04) | | Least Concern (IUCN: ) |
Kangaroo Island (KAN01) | Kanmantoo | Least Concern [quite widespread] |
Fleurieu (KAN02) | | Least Concern |
Mount Lofty Ranges (FLB01) | Flinders Lofty Block | Least Concern |
Broughton (FLB02) | | Least Concern (IUCN: ) |
Southern Flinders (FLB04) | | Least Concern (IUCN: ) |
Northern Flinders (FLB05) | | Least Concern |
Central Flinders (FLB06) | | Least Concern |
Southern Yorke (EYB01) | Eyre Yorke Block | Least Concern (IUCN: ) |
St Vincent (EYB02) | | Least Concern (IUCN: ) |
Eyre Hills (EYB03) | | Least Concern (IUCN: ) |
Talia (EYB04) | | Least Concern (IUCN: ) |
Eyre Mallee (EYB05) | | Least Concern (IUCN: ) |
Murray Mallee (MDD02) | Murray Darling Depression | Least Concern (IUCN: ) |
Murray Lakes and Coorong (MDD03) | | Least Concern (IUCN: ) |
Lowan Mallee (MDD04) | | Least Concern (IUCN: ) |
Wimmera (MDD05) | | Least Concern (IUCN: ) |
Myall Plains (GAW01) | Gawler | Least Concern (IUCN: ) |
Torrens (GAW06) | | Least Concern |
Roxby (GAW07) | | Least Concern |
Commonwealth Hill (GAW08) | | Least Concern |
Kintore (GVD04) | Great Victoria Desert | Least Concern |
Tallaringa (GVD05) | | Rare (IUCN: RA d(i,ii)) |
Warriner (SSD04) | Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields | Least Concern |
Strzelecki Desert (SSD05) | | Rare (IUCN: RA d(i,ii)) [limited habitat] |
Breakaways (STP01) | Stony Plains | Least Concern |
Oodnadatta (STP02) | | Least Concern |
Murnpeowie (STP03) | | Least Concern |
Peake-Dennison Inlier (STP04) | | Least Concern |
Macumba (STP05) | | Least Concern |
Witjira (STP06) | | Least Concern |
Baltana (STP07) | | Least Concern |
Sturt Stony Desert (CHC02) | Channel Country | Rare (IUCN: RA d(i,ii)) |
Lake Pure (CHC07) | | Rare (IUCN: RA d(i,ii)) [limited habitat] |
Mann-Musgrave Block (CER01) | Central Ranges | Least Concern |
Watarru (CER02) | | Least Concern |
Everard Block (CER03) | | Least Concern |
Tieyon (FIN03) | Finke | Least Concern |
Pedirka (FIN04) | | Least Concern |
Mount Gambier (SVP02) | Southern Volcanic Plain | Least Concern (IUCN: ) |
4 of 4 subregions | Naracoorte Coastal Plain | Least Concern |
2 of 2 subregions | Kanmantoo | Least Concern |
5 of 6 subregions | Flinders Lofty Block | Least Concern |
5 of 5 subregions | Eyre Yorke Block | Least Concern |
4 of 6 subregions | Murray Darling Depression | Least Concern |
4 of 8 subregions | Gawler | Least Concern |
2 of 4 subregions | Great Victoria Desert | Least Concern , Rare |
2 of 4 subregions | Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields | Least Concern , Rare |
7 of 7 subregions | Stony Plains | Least Concern |
2 of 4 subregions | Channel Country | Rare |
3 of 3 subregions | Central Ranges | Least Concern |
2 of 2 subregions | Finke | Least Concern |
Botanical art
Kath Alcock paintings: 19
Prior names
Helichrysum apiculatum var. occidentale
Helichrysum apiculatum var. racemosum
Helichrysum apiculatum var. minor
Helichrysum odorum var. odorum
Helichrysum odorum var. arachnoideum
Helichrysum semiamplexicaule
Helichrysum ramosissimum
Gnaphalium apiculatum
Helichrysum apiculatum
Common names
Common Yellow Button
Common Everlasting
Small Yellow Button
Etymology
Chrysocephalum from the Greek 'chryso' meaning golden and 'cephalus' meaning a head, referring to the golden flower heads. Apiculatum from Latin meaning abruptly short point, referring to the leaves ending abruptly in a short point.
Distribution and status
Found across all parts of South Australia growing in many varied situations but usually on open sites. Also found in all States. Native. Common in South Australia. Common in the other States.
Herbarium regions: North Western, Lake Eyre, Nullarbor, Gairdner-Torrens, Flinders Ranges, Eastern, Eyre Peninsula, Northern Lofty, Murray, Yorke Peninsula, Southern Lofty, Kangaroo Island, South Eastern, Green Adelaide
AVH map: SA distribution map (external link)
Plant description
Ascending to erect perennial herb to 60 cm high with stems and branches covered in cottony hairs. Leaves oblanceolate to obovate, to 60 mm long and 25 mm wide; acuminate to rounded apiculate base, often stem-clasping margins; flat or recurved surfaces with cottony hairs, sometimes denser beneath. Flower-heads in terminal clusters with 3 to many golden-yellow or tinged brown daisy flowers. Flowering between August and December. Fruits are pale brown fluffy daisy-head. Seeds are dark brown oblong seed to 1 mm long and 0.2 mm wide with a smooth surface and with long feather-like pappus. Seed embryo type is spatulate.
Seed collection and propagation
Collect seeds between January and November. Collect whole heads that are brown and fluffy or collect just the seeds by plucking it off with your fingers. Mature seeds are easily removed. Place the heads in a tray for a week to dry. Then pluck the seeds from the head with your finders. Viable seeds will be fat and brown. Store the seeds with a desiccant such as dried silica beads or dry rice, in an air tight container in a cool and dry place. Seed viability can be low with many seeds not fully developed. Seeds are non-dormant, viable seed should germinate readily.
Location | No. of seeds (weight grams) | Number of plants | Date collected | Collection number Collection location | Date stored | % Viability | Storage temperature | BGA MSB | 149,600 (8.98 g) 149,600 (8.98 g) | 276 | 18-Dec-2003 | PJA73 Murray | 23-Mar-2006 | | -18°C |
BGA | 6,000 (1.34 g) | 50+ | 9-Dec-2011 | KHB639 Flinders Ranges | 1-Jan-2016 | 100% | -18°C |
BGA | 1,100 (0.083 g) | 50+ | 23-Jul-2017 | KHB939 North Western | 30-Jun-2018 | 95% | -18°C |
Location: BGA — the seeds are stored at the Adelaide Botanic Gardens, MSB — the seeds are stored at the Millennium Seed Bank, Kew, England.
Number of plants: This is the number of plants from which the seeds were collected.
Collection location: The Herbarium of South Australia's region name.
% Viability: Percentage of filled healthy seeds determined by a cut test or x-ray.
Germination table:
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