Shrub to 1m tall, cushion-like. Leaves linear to ovate, to 15 mm long, to 1.2 mm wide, white- or grey-hairy. Compound heads to 1.5 cm across. Capitula 30-110 per compound head; late spring to autumn. Achenes 1.2-1.8 mm long. [Calocephalus brownii (Cass.) F. Muell.]

Southern Australia

var. candidissima Steetz is a rapid grower with long silvery stems. ['Cape le Grand']

Source: Lawson, L.; Spencer, R. (2002). Dahlia. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 4. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 3. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.