Family: Asteraceae
Common name(s)
- Cough bush
- Curry bush
- Wild rosemary
Distribution
Endemic to south-eastern continental Australia (1).
Description
Upright shrub to 3 metres with fine, crowded foliage. It has a curry-like odour, crowded linear leaves, and heads of creamy-white flowers arranged in panicles (1).
Branchlets have a covering of white, cottony hairs and the linear leaves are less than 2 mm wide (2).
Good habitat plant for fauna, insects eat seeds.
More information
Attributions
- Atlas of Living Australia
- Lisa Churchward, Patricia Gardner, Steve Plant, & Greg Spearritt, 2024. Plants of Toowoomba’s Southeast Bushland Parks. Friends of the Escarpment Parks, Toowoomba.
- Photo: Lisa Church, Goombungee May 2019