Common name: Snow Daisy
Brachyscome nivalis F.Muell. APNI* Synonyms: Brachycome nivalis F.Muell. APNI* Brachyscome nivalis var. nivalis F.Muell. APNI*
Description: Tufted perennial herb to 30 cm high, glabrous or minutely glandular, tinged purple at the base.
Leaves basal, linear to narrow-spathulate, to 15 cm long, margins ± entire to pinnatifid, base stem-clasping, petiolate.
Heads 30–45 mm diam.; peduncle stout, leafy or almost naked, 6–25 cm long; involucral bracts narrow-lanceolate, glabrous, lacerate. Ray florets white; ligule to 12 mm long.
Achenes cuneate, flattened, 2–3 mm long, brown, glandular on the faces; margins with broad, entire or slightly dissected, glandular hairy wings; pappus conspicuous, of unequal bristles c. 1 mm long, fused in bundles.
Flowering: December–February
Distribution and occurrence: Grows in higher altitudes, south from Mt Gingera (A.C.T.).
NSW subdivisions: ST
Other Australian states: Vic.
Text by J. Everett Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 3 (1992)
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.
|