Xeranthemum variegatum

Common names: Brown-tipped Xeranthemum

Genus: Xeranthemum

Species: Xeranthemum variegatum

Class: Syngenesia

Order: Polygamia Superflua

Authority: Linnaeus

Modern Genus: Helichrysum-MODERN_SPECIEbS-Helichrysum vestitum

Modern Family: Asteraceae alt. Compositae

Plant Type: Greenhouse Plant

Color: "nearly white, but the coloured tips of the scales of the calyx... is always ferrugineous (rust colored) but sometimes mixed more or less with purple or red." Sometimes grading from yellows to golds to black to purple.

Season: Greenhouse Plant

Native Region: Cape of Good Hope (S Africa)

Artist: S. Edwards, Sansum