Brachyglottis greyi

Taxobox


image_width = 240px
image_caption = Daisy bush
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Asterales
familia = Asteraceae
tribus = Senecioneae
genus = "Brachyglottis"
species = "B. greyi"
binomial = "Brachyglottis greyi"
binomial_authority = (Hook. f.) B. Nord.
synonyms = "Senecio greyi" Hook.f.cite web
url = http://www.nzpcn.org.nz/vascular_plants/detail.asp?PlantID=1596
title = New Zealand Plant Conservation Network
accessdate = 2008-04-10
format = HTML
work = Vascular Plants]

"Brachyglottis greyi", also called "Senecio greyi", with the common name daisy bushcite web
url = http://www.nzplantpics.com/sfeature_galleries/brachyglottis_photography_new_zealand_species.htm
title = Brachyglottis photography
accessdate = 2008-04-10
date = 2007-06-13
format = HTML
work = New Zealand plants photography] and unfortunately no Maori name,cite web
url = http://www.bethedifference.gw.govt.nz/story_images/2880_ThreeShrubs_s5661.pdf
title = Plant Species List Three: Shrubs
accessdate = 2008-04-10
author = Greater Wellington Regional Council
authorlink = Greater Wellington Regional Council
date = 2004
format = PDF
work = Wellington Regional Native Plant Guide] is a member of the large Asteraceae family and belongs to the genus "Brachyglottis" or the genus "Senecio"cite web
url = http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?33669
title = Taxon: Senecio greyi Hook. f.
accessdate = 2008-04-10
author = Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN)
authorlink = Germplasm Resources Information Network
date = 1985-11-07
format = HTML
work = Taxonomy for Plants
publisher = USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program, National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland ] depending on which authority is being followed, an endemic native of New Zealandand lately getting positive attention from gardeners.cite web
url = http://www.ibiblio.org/pfaf/cgi-bin/arr_html?Brachyglottis+greyi
title = "Brachyglottis greyi"
accessdate = 2008-04-10
author = Plants for a Future
authorlink = Plants for a Future
format = HTML
work = Plants For A Future: Database Search Results] cite web
url = http://www.npr.org/programs/talkingplants/profiles/senecio.html
title = Plant Profiles: "Senecio"
accessdate = 2008-04-10
last = Levine
first = Ketzel
authorlink = Ketzel Levine
date = 2003
format = HTML
work = Ketzel Levine's Talking Plants
publisher = National Public Radio
quote =You gotta love Latin. It's so human.... So what if I made it up, the explanation's entirely plausible.] __TOC__

Description

Seldom seen in gardens and suitable for warm and maritime districtscite book
last = Thomas
first = Graham Stuart
authorlink = Graham Stuart Thomas
coauthors = Thomas Graham Stuart
title = Ornamental Shrubs, Climbers and Bamboos
url = http://books.google.com/books?id=9N6wXNLR_YwC&source=gbs_summary_s&cad=0
format = HTML
accessdate = 2008-04-10
date = 2004
publisher = frances lincoln ltd
isbn = 0711223955
pages = 592 pages
chapter = Alphabetical List of Shrubs
chapterurl = http://books.google.com/books?id=9N6wXNLR_YwC&pg=PA56&lpg=PA56&source=web&ots=Bd9aZl6icB&sig=l6qJlWcUu_7KC3DsSTCNuD873uE&hl=en] or tolerant of hot sun, poor soils, wind and coastal exposure, New Zealands native, broadleaf, evergreen shrub "Brachyglottis greyi" can be found sprawled in the hot sun, poor soils and coastal breezes; maturing into mounds convert|1.2|m|ft|sigfig=1 to convert|1.5|m|ft|sigfig=1 tall and convert|1.8|m|ft|sigfig=1 wide.cite web
url = http://oregonstate.edu/dept/ldplants/brgre.htm
title = Brachyglottis greyi
accessdate = 2008-04-10
format = HTML
work = Oregon State University, LANDSCAPE PLANTS]

Stems and leaves:Somewhat curving stems, covered in white down.

Leaves alternate, simple, oblong to ovate-oblong, convert|4|cm|in|sigfig=1 to convert|8|cm|in|sigfig=1 long and convert|2.5|cm|in|sigfig=1 to convert|4|cm|in|sigfig=1 wide with waivy margins. Green above, white down underneath, giving silver-grey appearance.

Flowers: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 is 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.

Native & Current::Australasia:::New Zealand: North Island

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