Your gateway to a wide range of natural resources information and associated maps

Victorian Resources Online

Hardhead Daisy

Back | Salinity Indicator Plants Home | Common name home | Scientific name home | Photo Gallery | Glossary



Hardhead Daisy photos

Scientific Name:Brachyscome lineariloba
Hardhead Daisy plant Hardhead Daisy plants
Photo: A J Brown


Status:


Native to Western Australia, South Australia, New South Wales and Victoria.


Plant Description:


Decumbent to ascending annual to 25 cm high. Leaves 1-8 mm long, mostly basal but not forming a rosette and usually very finely divided with 3-9 lobes. Tiny white and yellow flowers in a compound head, 11-20 mm wide, surrounded by broad, obovate to ovate and obtuse, purple margined bracts.


Habitat:


Generally found in the north-west part of the State in a variety of habitats including subsaline edges of salt flats.

RegionSalinity ClassWaterlogging Class
Mallee, Loddon Murray, Central and Northern, WimmeraS0, S1, S2W0, W1, W2

Hardhead Daisy Photos


Hardhead Daisy flower
Hardhead Daisy flower
Photo: A J Brown
Hardhead Daisy leaves
Hardhead Daisy leaves
Photo: A J Brown

Hardhead Daisy young plants
Hardhead Daisy young plants
Photo: A J Brown
Page top