Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Brachyscome formosa
Common name
Pilliga Daisy
Family
Asteraceae
Where found
Dry forest and woodland. Widespread but not common. No records from the ACT or coastal areas. Widely cultivated.
Notes
Perennial herb to 0.2 m high or prostrate. Rhizomatous. Scapes hairless or with occasional glandular hairs. Leaves alternating up the stems, (frequently appearing basal), 1–9 cm long, 4.5–33 mm wide, mainly green but often purple, especially on the lower surface, with 3–11 shallow lobes. Flower heads single, with 19-40 pink, mauve, or reddish 'petals' 10–16 mm long, and yellow centres 5–8 mm in diameter. Bracts appressed to the flower heads 14-26. Flowering: July to January.
Definite identification of most species of Brachyscome depends on microscopic examination of the seeds.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Brachyscome~formosa (accessed 6 January, 2021)
The description above partly based on: Short, P.S., (2009) A revision of the Brachyscome linearifolia DC. Group (Asteraceae: Astereae) from South-eastern Australia. Muelleria. 27(1): 8-9
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