Brachyscome staceae P.S.Short APNI* Synonyms: Brachyscome tenuiscapa var. pubescens (Benth.) G.L.Davis APNI*
Brachycome tenuiscapa var. pubescens (Benth.) G.L.Davis APNI*
Brachyscome decipiens var. pubescens Benth. APNI*
Description: Perennial herb, with a scape and stolons. Scapes 1 or 2 per rosette, 5–21 cm long, with stalked glandular hairs of variable length.
Leaves in basal clusters, oblanceolate or spathulate, 30–15- mm long, 5–20 mm wide, the upper third of the leaf always shallowly lobed. Leaves surfaces with a sparse to dense stalked glandular hairs.
Flower head hemispherical, glabrous; involucre 5–10 mm diam.; bracts c. 12–16, in more or less one row of c. equal length, elliptic to narrow-elliptic or ovate-lanceolate, 3.7–4.6 mm long, 1.2–1.7 mm wide, herbaceous with narrow scarious margins and apicies, often purplsih distally, outer surface glabrous or with gland tipped hairs, margins with or without hairs. ray florets c. 10 mm long, mauve or blue. Disc florets 5-lobed. Stamens 5.
Achenes flattened, obovate, 1.2–1.7 mm long, smooth, glabrous, margins distinct from body, blackish, capodpodium a whitish ring; pappus a short corona of several to many teeth, c. 0.05–0.1 mm long or seemingly absent.
Flowering: Late September to February.
Distribution and occurrence: Ocurrs in South- eastern Queensland (Stanthorpe regon) and the New England region of north-eastern NSW. A species of eucalypt woodland, on a variety of soil types..
NSW subdivisions: NT
Other Australian states: Qld
Named after Dr Helen Stace for her work on Brachyscome s.lat.
Text by Louisa Murray
Taxon concept: P.S. Short (2014) A taxonomic review of Brachyscome Cass. s.lat (Asteraceae: Asterae), including descriptions of a new genus, Roebuckia, new species and infraspecific taxa. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 28: 1-219
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