General Description:

Leucochrysum is a small genus of six species all of which were formerly classified in the genus Helipterum. Leucochrysum graminifolium was previously known as Helipterum albicans var. graminifolium.

Leucochrysum graminifolium is an erect perennial or annual plant up to 0.2 metres high. The narrow, grass-like leaves are greyish-green, about 7 cm long and form a grass-like clump of foliage. The flower heads are about 20 mm in diameter and occur terminally on stems extending above the foliage. The flower heads comprise yellow bracts surrounding a central cluster of small, yellow flowers.  Flowering occurs mainly during spring and summer.

This species is not often seen in general cultivation but should make for an attractive rockery plant in temperate areas.  It would be suited to a sunny or lightly shaded.location in well drained soils..

Propagation from seed can be carried out without any pretreatment. Cuttings of hardened, current season’s growth would be expected to strike without difficulty.

* EPBC Act = Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999;
ROTAP = Rare or Threatened Australian Plants (Briggs and Leigh, 1988)
For further information refer the Australian Plants at Risk page