Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Allittia cardiocarpa
Common name
Swamp daisy
Family
Asteraceae
Where found
Swampy areas. Ranges south from Deua National Park. One record from near Yaouk, north of Adaminaby.
Notes
Perennial herb to 0.45 m tall, mainly hairless. Leaves mainly basal, 4-30 cm long, 1-3 mm wide, mainly hairless but at least the lower leaves with long, coarse, brownish hairs at the base, margins usually entire, very rarely with several small linear lobes. A few narrow stem leaves, which reduce in length upwards towards the flower head. Flower heads behind the 'petals' almost cone shaped, with 54-77 white or mauve 'petals' each 10-16.2 mm long, and yellow centres about 8-15 mm in diameter. Bracts appressed to the flower heads 25–40. Flowering: mostly Jun.–Feb.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Allittia~cardiocarpa (accessed 2 January, 2021)
Description mainly based on Short, P.S., (2014) A taxonomic review of Brachyscome Cass. s.lat. (Asteraceae: Astereae), including description of a new genus, Roebuckia, new species and new infraspecific taxa. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens. 28: 55-57
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