A yellow flower, of the immortelle species, which I picked at this little bluff, was an old Darling acquaintance; the vegetation, in many respects, resembles that of the River Darling.
"Australia Twice Traversed, The Romance of Exploration Australia Twice Traversed. The Romance Of Exploration, Being A Narrative Compiled From The Journals Of Five Exploring Expeditions Into And Through Central South Australia, And Western Australia, From 1"
Ernest Giles
It is notable for the woolly covering on stems, leaves, and flowers-this dry, hairy surface being so evident that the flowers will apparently continue in blossom when they have dried, hence its common name Everlasting or, as the French call a similar flower, immortelle.
"Butterflies Worth Knowing"
Clarence M. Weed
It brings thence some immortelle whose power of survival establishes the authenticity of the inspiration.
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Claude Fayette Bragdon