Everything about Brachyglottis Greyi totally explained
Brachyglottis greyi, also called
Senecio greyi, with the common name
daisy bush
and unfortunately no
Maori name,
is a member of the large
Asteraceae family and belongs to the genus
Brachyglottis
depending on which
authority is being followed, an
endemic native of
New Zealand
Description
Seldom seen in gardens and suitable for warm and maritime districts
or tolerant of hot sun, poor soils, wind and coastal exposure,
Stems and leaves:
Somewhat curving stems, covered in white down.
Leaves alternate, simple, oblong to ovate-oblong, to long and to wide
with waivy margins.
Green above,
white down underneath, giving silver-grey appearance.
:
Panicles
of bright yellow daisy flowers in abundance.
In horticulture
Dunedin Hybrids:
A group of
hybrids, from New Zealand, between the genuine
Brachyglottis greyi,
Brachyglottis laxifolia, and
Brachyglottis compacta and misidentified in gardens as
Senecio greyi or
Senecio laxifolius.
These hybrids are hardy where it's warm and dry, they do well in coastal areas similar to where their parents live
and mature into sprawling bushes of highly attractive foliage
usually wider than high.
Greyish foliage, the undersides of the leaves and stems are covered in
white down and spectacular when in bloom with branching heads of brilliant
yellow daisy-flowers.
The best known is "Sunshine" originally from New Zealand.
"Moria Read" is a variation of "Sunshine" whose leaves have a central, variously shaped areas of
cream and
pale green. It originated at
Liskeard,
Cornwall.
Distribution
Primarily a coastal species of rock outcrops and bluffs but may extend inland up river gorges and in suitably exposed bluff habitats. Confined to the southern North Island from near Flat Point south to the mouth of the
Orongorongo River.
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New Zealand:
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