Xerochrysum is a genus

Genus

In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...

 of flowering plant

Flowering plant

The flowering plants , also known as Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants. Angiosperms are seed-producing plants like the gymnosperms and can be distinguished from the gymnosperms by a series of synapomorphies...

s native to Australia

Australia

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. It was defined by Russian botanist Nikolai Tzvelev in 1990, preceding (and taking precedence over) Bracteantha which was described the following year. A 2002 molecular study of the tribe Gnaphalieae has indicated the genus is probably polyphyletic, with X. bracteatum and X. viscosum quite removed from each other.

There are currently 7 recognised species:

• Xerochrysum bicolor
  Xerochrysum bicolor
  Xerochrysum bicolor is a flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, native to Tasmania, where it is found in wetter habitats near the coast...
  
  
• Xerochrysum bracteatum
  Xerochrysum bracteatum
  Xerochrysum bracteatum, commonly known as the Golden Everlasting, is a flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, native to Australia. It grows as a woody or herbaceous perennial or annual shrub to a metre high with green or grey leafy foliage and golden yellow or white flowerheads from spring to...
  
  (Strawflower or Golden Everlasting; syn. Bracteantha bracteata)
• Xerochrysum collierianum A.M.Buchanan & Schah.
• Xerochrysum palustre (Swamp Everlasting)
• Xerochrysum papillosum
  Xerochrysum papillosum
  Xerochrysum papillosum is a herbaceous shrub in the family Asteraceae, native to southern Victoria and Tasmania. It was known variously as Xeranthemum papillosum, Helichrysum papillosum, and Bracteantha papillosa before gaining its current name in 2001.It is a perennial herb, which grows anywhere...
  
  (Labill.) R.J.Bayer
• Xerochrysum subundulatum
  Xerochrysum subundulatum
  Xerochrysum subundulatum is a flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, native to Australia, growing in Victoria, New South Wales and Tasmania....
  
  (Alpine Everlasting or Orange Everlasting)
• Xerochrysum viscosum
  Xerochrysum viscosum
  Xerochrysum viscosum is a flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, native to Australia, growing in Victoria and New South Wales.It is a sticky everlasting erect viscid herb...
  
  (Sticky Everlasting)

The genus was formerly included in Helichrysum

Strawflower

The genus Helichrysum consists of an estimated 600 species, in the sunflower family . The type species is Helichrysum orientale. The name is derived from the Greek words helisso and chrysos ....

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External links

• ASGAP: Xerochrysum bracteatum and Xerochrysum subundulatum
• PlantNET: Xerochrysum
• PlantNET: Key to Xerochrysum