Family: Asteraceae
Plant: A small sprawling perennial herb up to 35cm high.
Flowers: Daisy-like flower heads 2cm across with blue or mauve petal-like rays and yellow central disc florets on erect stems each supporting a solitary flower head.
Flowering: November-February.
Fruit: A rusty-brown flattened achene about 2mm long.
Leaves: Narrow lanceolate to elliptic, soft, light green leaves 2-5cm long and 2-9mm wide, crowded at the base and scattered along upright stems.
Habitat: Grassy areas in dry sclerophyll forest.
Features: Mauve daisy-like flowers.
Name:
Brachyscome
From Greek brachys = short and kome = hair.
angustifolia From Latin angustus = narrow and folius = leaf (referring to its narrow leaves).
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Type |
Herb |
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Flowers |
Form |
Regular, Single |
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Colour(s) |
Yellow, Blue, Mauve |
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Petal/Sepal No. |
Many |
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Flowering Month |
1, 2, 11, 12 |
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Fruit |
Type |
Other |
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Colour |
Rust, Brown |
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Other Features |
Hairy |
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Leaves |
Arrangement |
Alternate, Basal |
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Type |
Simple |
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Shape |
Oval |
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Length |
Short |
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Margins |
Entire |
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Attachment |
Unstalked |
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Other Features |
Soft |
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Bark |
- |
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Habitat |
Dry sclerophyll forest |
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