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Brachyscome microcarpa F.Muell.
Family Asteraceae
Common name: Forest Daisy

Brachyscome microcarpa F.Muell. APNI*

Synonyms: Brachycome microcarpa F.Muell. APNI*

Description: Ascending or weakly erect perennial to 58 cm high, glandular-pubescent to rarely glabrous.

Basal leaves, when present, circular or spathulate, to 7.5 cm long, pinnatifid or crenate, petiolate; cauline leaves narrow-ovate to cuneate or circular, crenate to pinnatisect with linear lobes to 8 mm long, sometimes palmate, petiolate.

Heads solitary, 3.5–8 mm diam., on naked peduncle to 18 cm long; involucral bracts narrow-obovate, obtuse with lacerate margins. Ray florets white or bluish; ligule 4–5 mm long.

Achenes 1–1.8 mm long, obovate to cuneate, laterally flattened, brown to black, tuberculate and glandular hairy on the faces; pappus of white bristles c. 0.1 mm long.


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Flowering: October–February

Distribution and occurrence: Grows in forests in well-drained sites; north from Newcastle.
NSW subdivisions: NC, CC, NT, CT, NWS
Other Australian states: Qld
AVH map***

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


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