Spyridium parvifolium

Taxobox
name = Dusty Miller

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image_caption = prostrate form
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Rosales
familia = Rhamnaceae
genus ="Spyridium"
species = "S.parvifolium"
binomial = "Spyridium parvifolium"
binomial_authority = (Hook.) F.Muell.

"Spyridium parvifolium" (Dusty Miller) is a shrub in the family Rhamnaceae, endemic to South Australia, Victoria, Tasmania and New South Wales in Australia. It grows up to 3 metres in height and produces 2 to 3 mm long white flowers in small heads.NSW Flora Online|author= |genus= Spyridium |species= parvifolium]

Cultivation

"Spyridium parvifolium" has a degree of frost and drought tolerance, and adapts well to most soils and positions with adequate drainage. A prostrate form with the cultivar name 'Austraflora Nimbus' , spreads to 1 metre across and is suited to coastal gardens, rockeries and containers. [cite book|author=Greig, D.| title=The Australian Gardener's Wildflower Catalogue| publisher=Angus & Robertson|location= Australia | year=1987 | id=ISBN 0207154600]

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