Details of Genus: Craspedia
ID: 1903
Genus ja:
Genus en: Bachelor’s buttons, Billy buttons
# spp.: N/A (from genus_families table) | 0 (from names table)
Accepted:
Family: Asteraceae
Family ja: キク
Infra familial classification:
Distribution en:
Description en: Genus of 8 species of annuals and perennials from mountainous regions of Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand. They are grown mainly for their dense, hemispherical flowerheads of tiny, cup-shaped flowers, surrounded by leafy bracts and borne on stiff, unbranched stems. They are also cultivated for their basal rosettes of elliptic, obovate, spoon-shaped, or linear, hairy, mid-green to silvery white leaves. Grow perennial species in a rock garden or scree bed. In damp, frost-prone areas, most are best in an alpine house; grow C. globosa in an annual border. The flowerheads are useful for dried flower arrangements.
Hardiness en: Fully hardy to half hardy.
Cultivation en:
Propagation en: Sow seed of annuals and perennials at 13-18°C (55-64°F) in spring. Divide perennials in spring.
Pests en: Slugs and snails may attack young growth. Red spider mites may be troublesome under glass.
Description ja:
Comment:
Comment ja: クラスペディア
Type species:
Phylogenetic definition:
Update information: Created: 2007-12-06 12:51; Updated: 2026-03-03 21:57
Family:
| System | Accepted? | Botanical name | Japanese name | Infra-familial classification | # species | |
| APG4 | Asteraceae | キク科 | Show | |||
| PB2 | Asteraceae | キク科 | Show | |||
| PB3 | Asteraceae | キク科 | Show |