Scientific Name: Astrotricha longifolia

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  • Pronunciation:
    ass-tro-TREE-car lon-gee-FOAL-ee-ah
  • Type:
    Shrub
  • Family:
    ARALIACEAE
  • Flowers:
    white, spring to autumn
  • Fruit:
    flattened, 5 mm long
  • Vegetation Type:
    Dry Eucalypt Forest, sandy clay soils. Sandy rocky areas.
  • Species List:
    W2, Batianoff 87, Arthur Harrold NR
Identification Notes

Leaf undersides densely rusty-hairy||Young branches, underside of leaves and flowers covered with woolly hairs.||

Associated Fauna

Bird and butterfly attracting plant.||

Landscaping Notes

Successfully propagated by Tin Can Bay City Farm Nursery.||