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Receptacle with chaffy scales or; when florets 3 or less per receptacle then scales absent Cassinia
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Involucral bracts white or straw-coloured, sometimes tinged with pink
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Heads in a terminal panicle
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Leaves linear, rarely more than 1 cm long, up to 2 mm wide, obtuse or with recurved tips, revolute. Heads numerous in a long loose terminal panicle. Involucre cylindrical, often curved, 2–3 mm long, 1 mm diam. Florets usually 2–3. Shrub up to 2 m high with white tomentose branches. Widespread in a variety of open habitats. Fl. chiefly summer. Chinese Shrub or Sifton Bush Cassinia arcuata