Plants of South Eastern New South Wales

Rutidosis leiolepis

Flower heads. Photographer Jackie Miles

Flowering plants. Photographer Jackie Miles

Common name

Monaro golden daisy

Family

Asteraceae

Where found

Grassland. Kosciuszko National Park. Tablelands south from Adaminaby.

Notes

Perennial herb to 0.3 m high, densely tufted from a woody base. Stems more or less woolly; lower stems covered with the remains of old leaf bases. Leaves mostly tufted towards the base of the stems, about 2–10 cm long, 1.5–3 mm wide, upper surface dark green, sparsely hairy to almost hairless, lower surface mostly woolly, margins curved down. A few small leaves alternating up the stems. Flower heads with numerous yellow florets, the heads surrounded by pale brown translucent papery bracts. Flower heads broad-hemispherical, 8–15 mm in diameter, single. Flowering: summer.

Vulnerable Australia. Vulnerable NSW. Provisions of the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016 No 63 relating to the protection of protected plants generally also apply to plants that are a threatened species.

NSW Threatened Species profile with photos:  http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/threatenedspeciesapp/profile.aspx?id=10738 (accessed 8 January 2021)

PlantNET description:  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Rutidosis~leiolepis (accessed 8 January 2021)