Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Calotis anthemoides
Common name
Cut-leaved burr-daisy, Burr Daisy
Family
Asteraceae
Where found
Open grassland, mostly in depressions or damp areas. ACT. Tablelands and the western edge of the ranges east and north of the ACT, mainly south of the Hume Highway.
Notes
Perennial herb to 0.2 m high, stoloniferous, forming colonies, hairless or with a few small scattered hairs. 'Seeds' flattened, with rigid wings on the margins, and 7–14 unequal spines to 2 mm long, with minute barbs at the tips. 'Seeds' stick to clothing. Leaves hairless, basal, in a rosette, 3-12 cm long, 6–20 mm wide, compound or deeply dissected, with narrow lobes/leaflets, hairless, with long stalks. Flower heads 10–20 mm in diameter, single, with 40-70 white 'petals' 4–7 mm long, and yellow centres. Flowering: Sept.–Feb.
Definite identification of all species of Calotis is made by examining the seeds.
All native plants on unleased land in the ACT are protected.
Listed in the Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act, Vic.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Calotis~anthemoides (accessed 7 January, 2021)
This identification key and fact sheets are available as a free mobile application:
