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Seen growing scattered throughout the Alice Springs Desert Park, the Golden Everlasting (Xerochrysum bracteatum), formerly known as Helichrysum bracteatum, are a perennial daisy that are found growing across a variety of habitats stretching from sub-alpine areas, rainforest margins and arid desert regions.
Golden Everlasting (Xerochrysum bracteatum), Alice Springs Desert Park, NT
An erect perennial plant with their distinctive papery bracts (resembling petals) are hairy and rough to the touch. They are a food source for a variety of insects including butterflies, moths, hoverflies, beetles, grasshoppers and native bees. Insects are often seen feeding in the flower heads.
Golden Everlasting (Xerochrysum bracteatum), Alice Springs Desert Park, NT
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- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Plantae
- Clade: Tracheophytes
- Clade: Angiosperms
- Clade: Eudicots
- Clade: Asterids
- Order: Asterales
- Family: Asteraceae
- Genus: Xerochrysum
- Species: X. bracteatum
- Binomial name: Xerochrysum bracteatum
- Synonyms:
- Bracteantha bracteata
- Helichrysum bracteatum
- Helichrysum lucidum
- Helichrysum chrysanthum
Amegilla chlorocyanea bee and Golden Everlasting, Alice Springs Desert Park, NT