Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Brachyscome salkiniae
Common name
Gippsland Daisy, Elegant Daisy
Family
Asteraceae
Where found
Forest, woodland, and along streams. Coast and ranges south from the Narooma district.
Notes
Perennial herb, prostrate to weakly erect, branches to about 0.3 m long. Suckering. Hairless or very sparsely sticky hairy. Leaves basal and alternating up the stems, sometimes mostly basal, 0.5-8 cm long, 0.8-21 mm wide, diminishing in size up the flower stalks; surfaces green, hairless with occasional glandular hairs, margins toothed or lobed, occasionally entire, tips blunt or pointed. Flower heads with 12-29 mauve to pink 'petals' 7.6-11.5 mm long, and yellow centres about 5-7 mm in diameter. Bracts appressed to the flower heads 12-25. Flowers most of the year, mainly September to January.
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~salkiniae (accessed 6 January, 2021)
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