{{Short description|Species of plant}} {{Speciesbox |image = Mangle's Sunray (Rhodanthe manglesii), North Stirlings, Western Australia 1.jpg |image_caption = ''Rhodanthe manglesii'' at North Stirlings, Western Australia |image2 = Rhodanthe manglesii - Flickr - Kevin Thiele.jpg |genus = Rhodanthe |species = manglesii |authority = [[Lindl.]] |synonyms_ref = <ref name=h>[http://dixon.iplantcollaborative.org/CompositaeWeb/default.aspx?Page=NameDetails&TabNum=0&NameId=ed0f726e-6c3b-4ed6-89e5-c2740cc003f1 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist ] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20150101131707/http://dixon.iplantcollaborative.org/CompositaeWeb/default.aspx?Page=NameDetails&TabNum=0&NameId=ed0f726e-6c3b-4ed6-89e5-c2740cc003f1 |date=2015-01-01 }}</ref> |synonyms = * ''Helichrysum manglesii'' <small>(Lindl.) Baill.</small> * ''Argyrocome manglesii'' <small>(Lindl.) Kuntze</small> * ''Helipterum cryptanthum'' <small>O.H.Sarg.</small> * ''Helipterum manglesii'' <small>(Lindl.) F.Muell. ex Benth.</small> }}
'''''Rhodanthe manglesii''''' is a herbaceous [[plant]], a native of [[Western Australia]], that was introduced and cultivated in England in 1834 from seeds collected by [[James Mangles (Royal Navy)|James Mangles]]. Common names for this daisy include '''pink sunray''',<ref name=BSBI07>{{BSBI 2007 |accessdate=2014-10-17 }}</ref> '''silver bells''', '''Australian strawflower''', '''timeless rose''' or '''Mangles everlasting'''.<ref>{{FloraBase|id=13234|name=''Rhodanthe manglesii'' Lindl.}}</ref>
The flower head is yellow and surrounded by pink or white florets, this emerges from nodding, silver coloured, papery bracts that form bell-like buds during August to October in its native habitat. The habit is slender and erect, ranging in height from 0.1 to 0.6 metres, and the plant often carpets areas of sandy, clayey or loamy soils.<ref>Sydney Royal Botanical Garden. [http://www.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/plant_info/Plants_for_gardens/growing_paper_daisies Growing paper daisies]</ref>
First described by [[John Lindley]] in 1834 in the [[Botanical Register]]. The description was accompanied by an illustration by [[Sarah Drake]].<ref name=x>[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/239867#page/146/mode/1up Lindley, John. 1834. Edwards's Botanical Register vol 20, plate 1703] full-page color depiction of ''Rhodanthe manglesii''; descriptions in Latin and English on subsequent pages</ref>
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==External links== * {{Commons category-inline}} * [http://anpsa.org.au/r-man.html Australian Native Plants Society (Australia)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120629114656/http://anpsa.org.au/r-man.html |date=2012-06-29 }}
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[[Category:Rhodanthe|manglesii]] [[Category:Flora of Western Australia]]