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Hardhead Daisy photos | Family: Daisy (Asteraceae syn. Compositae) |
Scientific Name: | Brachyscome lineariloba | 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.
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Hardhead Daisy flower Photo: A J Brown | Hardhead Daisy leaves Photo: A J Brown |
Hardhead Daisy young plants Photo: A J Brown |