Plants of South Eastern New South Wales

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Minuria leptophylla

Common name

Minnie Daisy

Family

Asteraceae

Where found

Dry forest, woodlandshrubland, and grassland. Western Slopes. Occasionally elsewhere.

Notes

Perennial herb or shrub, to 0.5 m tall or sprawling. Stems sparsely hairy, finally hairless. Leaves alternating up the stems, 0.5-4 cm long, 0.5–1 mm wide, hairy to almost hairless, margins entire, tips pointed.  Flower heads with many white, pink, or mauve to purple 'petals', each 4–9 mm long, and yellow centres.  Flower heads bell-shaped below the 'petals'. Flower heads single. Flowers throughout the year.

PlantNET description:  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Minuria~leptophylla  (accessed 24 January, 2021)