Sticky Everlasting Daisy (Xerochrysum viscosum)

The Sticky Everlating Daisy is native to Victoria, New South Wales, ACT, Tasmania and Queensland. It is an opportunistic plant that often grows in disturbed areas, for example roadsides and the Victorian goldfields. This daisy has papery yellow flowerheads that are long lasting, flowering in spring through summer and sometimes into autumn. The Sticky Everlasting Daisy is both drought and frost tolerant as is a food source for native butterflies and larvae.

Soure: Indigenous plant use; A booklet on the medicinal, nutritional and technological use of indigenous plants; By Zena Cumpston; Clean Air and Urban Landscapes (CAUL) Hub in Melbourne 2020