Common name: Blue-bush Daisy, Bluebush Daisy
Cratystylis conocephala (F.Muell.) S.Moore APNI* 
Description: Silver- or blue-grey shrub, 0.7–1.8 m high; stems erect, densely branched, forming a gnarled trunk with fibrous bark; younger stems white- to grey-tomentose.
Leaves obovate to cuneate, 4–10 mm long, 2–4 mm wide, apex ± obtuse, base narrowed, lamina thick, both surfaces white- to grey-tomentose, midvein distinct.
Heads 12–15 mm long, 3–8 mm diam.; involucral bracts obtuse, 3–7 mm long, sparsely hairy, greenish, margins ciliate. Florets 4–6; corolla 10–12 mm long, white. Fertile achenes 6–7 mm long, abortive achenes 3–4 mm long; pappus 8–10 mm long.
Fertile achenes 6–7 mm long, abortive achenes 3–4 mm long; pappus 8–10 mm long.
Flowering: September–December
Distribution and occurrence: Grows in mallee with areas of Belah, on calcareous red soil; rare in N.S.W., restricted to a few plants in the Wentworth district.
NSW subdivisions: SFWP
Other Australian states: W.A. S.A. N.T.
Threatened species: NSW BCA: Endangered
Text by M. F. Porteners
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 3 (1992)
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