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Brachyscome dissectifolia G.L.Davis
Family Asteraceae
Common name: Swamp Daisy

Brachyscome dissectifolia G.L.Davis APNI*

Synonyms: Brachycome dissectifolia G.L.Davis APNI*

Description: Stoloniferous ascending perennial to 17 cm high, glabrous except for a few hairs at the base of leaves.

Leaves basal, oblanceolate, up to 6.5 cm long, margins entire, toothed or pinnatisect with acute, obovate to lanceolate lobes.

Heads solitary, c. 5 mm diam.; peduncle usually naked, 4–17 cm long; involucral bracts, obtuse, finely toothed. Ray florets mauve or white; ligule to 4 mm long.

Achenes obovate-cuneate, c. 1.5 mm long, brown to black; body sharply demarcated from the wing by a ridge, raised at margins and centrally tuberculate; wing entire, margin with short white hairs; pappus of bristles c. 0.2 mm long.


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Flowering: September–May.

Distribution and occurrence: Grows in swampy ground, often along roadsides; chiefly from Guyra to Port Stephens.
NSW subdivisions: NC, NT, CT, NWS
AVH map***

Text by J. Everett
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 3 (1992)


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