About Spyridium globulosum (Labill.) Benth.
Spyridium globulosum (Labill.) Benth. is an erect shrub that usually reaches a height between 0.6 and 5 meters (2 feet 0 inches to 16 feet 5 inches). Its young stems are covered in short white or off-white hairs. The leaves are egg-shaped or oblong, measuring 25 to 50 millimeters (0.98 to 1.97 inches) long and 10 to 37 millimeters (0.39 to 1.46 inches) wide, with small, thick stipules at the leaf base. Most leaves are hairless on the upper surface, but covered in grey, white, or rust-coloured hairs on the lower surface. More or less spherical flower heads are arranged in dense cymes in leaf axils, and the heads are rarely longer than the leaves. The sepals are about 3 millimeters (0.12 inches) long and joined at the base to form a bell-shaped tube. Softly-hairy bracts shorter than the sepals are located at the base of the structure, and the flowers themselves are covered in white hairs. Flowering takes place from June to November. Populations found around Perth have leaves covered in white hairs on both surfaces. This species grows on coastal sand dunes and limestone in near-coastal areas of the Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Hampton, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Swan Coastal Plain, and Warren bioregions of south-western Western Australia.
