Eumorphia prostrata

Common Name:
Common name - unknown

Description:
Eumorphia prostrata is a low-growing, spreading perennial native to southern Africa, valued for its finely textured silver-grey foliage and naturally compact, mat-forming habit. This hardy little plant is especially useful as a drought-tolerant ground cover in sunny, exposed positions where its soft, aromatic foliage provides year-round texture and contrast. In Melbourne, it performs best in full sun and sharply drained soil, making it well suited to rockeries, gravel gardens, edging, dry borders, and coastal-style plantings. During the warmer months it may produce small daisy-like flowers, though it is most often grown for its neat habit and attractive foliage rather than its floral display. Eumorphia prostrata is ideal for low-maintenance and waterwise landscapes, where it can be used to soften hard edges, spill over retaining walls, or fill gaps between feature stones and paving.

Form:
• Ground Cover
• Shrub - Clumping / Grass-like / Mounding

Mature Size:
• Height: 10–20 cm
• Width: 40–80 cm

Aspect:
• Full Sun

Flowering:
• Flowers in Spring
• Flowers in Summer

Flower Colour:
• White
• Cream
• Pale yellow

Key Attributes:
• Suitable for Pots
• Australian native - No
• Herbaceous
• Perennial
• Drought tolerant once established
• Suitable for rockeries
• Suitable for edging
• Silver foliage
• Aromatic foliage
• Low maintenance
• Suitable for coastal gardens
• Useful for gravel gardens
• Excellent for waterwise planting

Toxicity:
No widely recognised toxicity to humans or animals is commonly reported. As with any ornamental plant, ingestion may still cause mild stomach upset if consumed in quantity.

Companion Plants:
• Cerastium tomentosum
• Helichrysum petiolare
• Senecio serpens
• Arctotis
• Erigeron karvinskianus
• Festuca glauca
• Lavender
• Convolvulus cneorum