| Common Name: | Dusty Miller |
| Synonym: | |
| Family: | Rhamnaceae |
| Size: | 1-2m x 1-2m |
| Description: | Spreading shrub with densely hairy stems, often rusty. |
| Leaves: | Dark green elliptic to roundish hairy, strongly veined leaves, 4-18mm x 3-13mm, with notched tips, whitish, densely hairy below. A form from the Dandenongs has leaves 25mm or more long. |
| Flowering: | Tight flat clusters of tiny honey-scented flowers at the ends of branches, surrounded by hairy white floral leaves. |
| Flower Colour: | White |
| Flowering Time: | July to November |
| Growing Conditions: | Moist well drained soils of moist forests and heathland. Frost tolerant. Some forms snow tolerant. Semi shade to dappled shade. |
| Garden Use: | An attractive shrub flowering for a long time, producing a distinctive honey fragrance when planted en masse. Pruning beneficial. A low form from NSW is available commercially. |
| Related Species: | |
| Plant Communities: | 5, 7, 8, 13, 16, 17, 18, 20, 22, 25, 27, 30, 32, 46 |
| Conservation Status: | Widespread within the Shire |
| Aboriginal Use: | |
| Commercially available: | Australian plant & indigenous nurseries |
| Bird Attracting: | No |
| Butterfly Attracting: | No |
| Frog Habitat: | No |
| Photographer: | 1 Jean Edwards ©; 2 Shire of Yarra Ranges photo library; 3 Cathy Powers ©; 4 David Blair © |