Common name: Mossgiel Daisy
Brachyscome papillosa G.L.Davis APNI* Synonyms: Brachycome papillosa G.L.Davis APNI*
Description: Erect perennial to 36 cm high, glandular- and septate-hairy, young shoots woolly.
Leaves cauline, up to 7 cm long, margins entire to deeply pinnatisect with acute lobes to 7 mm long; sessile.
Heads solitary, 6–11 mm diam.; peduncle 10–25 cm long; involucral bracts elliptic, acute, glandular- and septate-hairy, lacerate. Ray florets with ligule c. 8 mm long.
Achenes broad-obovate, 2–3.5 mm long, golden-brown; faces with dense flattened papillae; wings as broad as body, margins ciliolate, entire and undulating; pappus of equal bristles c. 0.25 mm.
Flowering: June–December
Distribution and occurrence: Grows on saltbush plains; chiefly from Mossgiel to Urana.
NSW subdivisions: SWS, SWP, SFWP
Threatened species: NSW BCA: Vulnerable; Commonwealth EPBC: Vulnerable
Original sources (Davis 1948; Cunningham et al. 1981) described the ray floret colour of this species as mauve, however, Short's (2014) more recent treatment suggests that "rays are white, or usually so, when fresh" based on notes accompanying specimens. Contemporary photographic evidence is consistent with Short's description of white rays in this species.
This species is considered data-deficient by Saving our Species (SoS, DPIE) which means a conservation project cannot be developed for it. Visit their website and contact SoS if you have additional information.
Text by J. Everett; edited P. Lu-Irving & T. Mesaglio (2026)
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 3 (1992); P.S. Short (2014) "A taxonomic review of Brachyscome Cass. s.lat. (Asteraceae: Astereae), including description of a new genus, Roebuckia, new species and new infraspecific taxa"
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