Calocephalus
(from kalos, beautiful, and kephale, a head; alluding to the inflorescence). Including Leucophyta. ORD. Compositae. A genus embracing about ten species of greenhouse, usually cottony or woolly, annual or perennial herbs, rarely sub-shrubs or small shrubs, natives of Australia. Flower-heads numerous and usually more or less stipitate on a small and branching or globose or conical receptacle, in an ovoid or globular, dense cluster or compound head, without any involucre, or surrounded by a few bracts rarely exceeding the florets; partial heads two or more-flowered; receptacle without scales; florets five-toothed. Leaves alternate or (in two species) opposite, entire. C. Brownii is the only species grown in our gardens. It is much used in carpet-bedding arrangements, and thrives in almost any soil. Propagation may be effected by means of cuttings, inserted under a bell glass, in a cool greenhouse or frame, and wintered in any light, dry structure, free from frost.
C. Brownii (Brown's). fl. in globular clusters four to six lines in diameter, surrounded by a few floral leaves. l. alternate, linear, obtuse, two lines or less in length. h. 1ft. A rigid, woolly. tomentose shrub. SYN. Leucophyta Brownii.