Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Common name
None
Family
Asteraceae
Where found
Open forest, grassy areas, disturbed sites, and moist places. Between Mittagong and the lower reaches of the Shoalhaven River.
Notes
Perennial, rhizomatous herb, prostrate or to about 0.5 m high, almost hairless. Leaves basal and alternating up the stems, 1.1–3.8 cm long, 3.5–11mm wide, often almost stem-clasping, tips usually squared-off and 3-toothed. Flower heads with about 40 white 'petals' each about 8.5 mm long, and yellow centres. Flowerheads below the 'petals' almost conical, about 6 mm in diameter. Bracts appressed to the flower heads in one row, overlapping, thin and green with translucent margins. Flowering: February to May.
PlantNET description: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Brachyscome~mittagongensis
Description partly based on Short, P.S. (5 January 2009), A revision of the Brachyscome linearifolia DC. Group (Asteraceae: Astereae) from South-eastern Australia. Muelleria 27(1): 17-20, 28, Figs 2, 7
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