Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Calotis pubescens
Common name
Max Mueller's burr-daisy, Mountain burr-daisy
Family
Asteraceae
Where found
Subalpine grassland. Kosciuszko National Park.
Notes
Perennial herb to 0.3 m high, rhizomatous, forming large mats. ‘Seeds' flattened, with thickened margins, with 4–6 major spines and a number of smaller ones, hairy at the base, with an inner ring of 12 fine spines. 'Seeds' stick to clothing. Basal leaves clustered, 1.5-10 cm long, 6–12 mm wide, margins coarsely toothed. Stem leaves alternating up the stems, to about 1.5 cm long, 5 mm wide, very woolly when young, margins toothed. Flower heads to about 25 mm in diameter, with about 40 white to mauve 'petals' about 9 mm long, and yellow centres. Flower heads single. Flowering: July–Jan.
Endangered NSW. Provisions of the NSW Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016 No 63 relating to the protection of protected plants generally also apply to plants that are a threatened species.
Presumed extinct Vic. Listed in the Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act, Vic.
Definite identification of all species of Calotis is made by examining the seeds.
NSW Threatened Species profile: http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/threatenedspeciesapp/profile.aspx?id=10137 (accessed 4 January, 2021)
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Calotis~pubescens
(accessed 4 January, 2021)
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