Asteraceae FAMILY
Chrysocephalum apiculatum
Chrysocephalum apiculatum
Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
1/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Chrysocephalum apiculatum is a Shrub up to 0.60 metres tall. It is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine..
Habitat & Origin
Origintemperate; tropical
Native RangeAustralia - all areas, including Tasmania.
HabitatBetter soils in grasslands and forests, on sandy soils and decomposed basalt in the montane zone[ 152 Title Australian Medicinal Plants. Publication Author Lassak. E. V. and McCarthy. T. Publisher New Holland Publishers Year 2001 ISBN 1876334703 Description A very good and readable guide to the subject. , 154 Title Flora of Victoria. Publication Author Ewart. A. J. Publisher University Press; Melbourne Year 1930 ISBN Description A flora of eastern Australia, it is rather short on information that is useful to the plant project. , 265 Title Flora of the Sydney Region Publication Author Carolin. R. & Tindale. M. Publisher Reed. Australia. Year 1993 ISBN 0730104001 Description Concise flora with little beyond an extensive key, species descriptions, very brief habitat description. ].