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Common name: Cottonwood, Tauhinu Botanical name: Cassinia leptophylla
Family: Asteraceae (Daisy family) Maximum height: 2 metres

 

Where found:
  • Coastal dunes
Description:
  • Spreading shrub
  • Leaves (2-4 x 1-2.5 mm) grey, small, oblong with white tomentum on the undersurface
  • Whitish flowerheads, up to 20 mm across, flowers from November to January and March - April

 

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PHOTO: Barry Hartley

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PHOTO: Barry Hartley

 

 

 

 

 

 
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