Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Lagenophora gracilis
Common name
Slender lagenophora
Family
Asteraceae
Where found
Moist gullies and near water. Widespread.
Notes
Perennial herb with a short rhizome. Flower stalks hairless, or sparsely appressed hairy below the flower heads, to 0.35 m high. Leaves basal, 1–8 cm long, 6–20 mm wide, margins wavy to toothed with pointed or blunt teeth, sparsely hairy to more or less hairless. Flower heads with 'petals' 1.5–2.5 mm long, white or mauve to purple, and yellow centres 3-4 mm in diameter. Flower heads behind the ‘petals’ 1.5-2.5 mm long. Flower heads single. Flowering: spring–summer.
Was Lagenifera gracilis.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Lagenophora~gracilis (accessed 22 January, 2021)
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