Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Brachyscome radicans
Common name
Marsh daisy
Family
Asteraceae
Where found
Swampy ground and along streams and lake margins, at higher altitudes. Kosciuszko National Park, the mountains to the north, and ACT. Tablelands and ranges south of Braidwood.
Notes
Perennial herb to 0.3 m high, stoloniferous, somewhat tufted or creeping, hairless. Leaves in clusters near the base or alternating up the stems, 2-15 cm long, 0.5–8 mm wide, margins entire or with 1–4 linear lobes. Flower heads with 14-43 'petals' 6-14 mm long. 'Petals' white, white above and mauve below, or mauve, blueish, or pinkish. Yellow centres 5–11 mm in diameter, with 15-70 florets. Bracts appressed to the flower heads 9-17. Flower heads single. Flowering: Sep.–Apr.
All native plants on unleased land in the ACT are protected.
Rare Vic.
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~radicans (accessed 6 January, 2020)
Description partly 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: 145-146
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