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Brachyscome dentata Gaudich.
Family Asteraceae
Brachyscome dentata Gaudich. APNI*

Synonyms: Brachycome dentata APNI*
Brachyscome heterodonta DC. APNI*
Brachyscome heterodonta DC. var. heterodonta APNI*
Brachycome heterodonta var. heterodonta DC. APNI*
Brachyscome marginata Benth. var. marginata APNI*
Brachyscome marginata Benth. APNI*

Description: Erect perennial herb to 50 cm high; stems, leaves and stems sparsely to densely woolly, sometimes also glandular-pubescent.

Basal leaves soon withering; cauline leaves cuneate, usually 2–5 cm long, 2–10 mm wide, with 3 acute linear lobes at the apex, sometimes margins pinnatisect or entire; sessile.

Heads solitary, c. 10 mm diam.; peduncle 8–25 cm long, with a few reduced leaves near base; involucral bracts oblanceolate, acute to obtuse, lacerate. Ray florets white or mauve; ligule to 9 mm long.

Achenes cuneate, flattened, 3–4 mm long, light brown, faces usually tuberculate at maturity, with flat, very broad and deeply dissected wings; faces and wing margins with curled glandular hairs; pappus of unequal bristles c. 0.7 mm long.


Habit
Photo J. R. Hosking

Flower
Photo J. R. Hosking

Other photo
Photo G.Errington

Herbarium
Sheet

Flowering: September–December

Distribution and occurrence: Grows in a variety of habitats, often in floodplains.
NSW subdivisions: NC, NT, CT, ST, NWS, CWS, SWS, NWP, SWP, NFWP, SFWP
Other Australian states: Qld Vic. S.A.
AVH map***

Text by J. Everett
Taxon concept:


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***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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