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Brachyscome multifida DC.
Family Asteraceae
Common name: cut-leaved daisy, rocky daisy, Hawkesbury daisy

Brachyscome multifida DC. APNI*

Synonyms: Brachycome multifida APNI*

Description: Ascending annuals to 45 cm high, glabrous.

Leaves cauline, to 7 cm long, 1–2-pinnatisect with 7–10 linear-subulate or oblanceolate lobes to 35 mm long, lobes entire or pinnatisect.

Heads c. 4 mm diam.; peduncle naked, 4–14 cm long; involucral bracts obtuse with minutely ciliate margins. Ray florets mauve, pink or white; ligule 7–10 mm long.

Achenes cuneate, swollen but slightly flattened, 1.9–2.4 mm long, brown to black, margins narrow, smooth; faces tuberculate, each tubercle surmounted by a minute bifid hair; pappus c. 0.1 mm long of spreading bristles.


Flower
Photo Richard Johnson

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Photo Richard Johnson

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Flowering: March–June.

Distribution and occurrence: Grows in sclerophyll forest or grassland; widespread.
NSW subdivisions: NC, CC, NT, CT, NWS, CWS, SWS, NWP, SWP, SFWP
Other Australian states: Qld Vic.
AVH map***

Text by J. Everett
Taxon concept:

 Key to the varieties 
1Leaves with lobes narrow-linear to subulatevar. multifida
Leaves with lobes oblanceolate to cuneatevar. dilatata

APNI* Provides a link to the Australian Plant Name Index (hosted by the Australian National Botanic Gardens) for comprehensive bibliographic data
***The AVH map option provides a detailed interactive Australia wide distribution map drawn from collections held by all major Australian herbaria participating in the Australian Virtual Herbarium project.
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