Brachyscome dissectifolia
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| Swamp daisy | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Brachyscome |
| Species: | B. dissectifolia |
| Binomial name | |
| Brachyscome dissectifolia | |
Brachyscome dissectifolia commonly known as swamp daisy,[2] is a flowering perennial herb in the family Asteraceae. It is a prostrate plant with slender stolon stems, mauve or white flowers and is endemic to New South Wales.
Brachyscome dissectifolia is a perennial flowering plant with slender, ascending stoloniferous stems to 17 cm (6.7 in) high that are mostly smooth except for occasional hairs at the base of leaves. The leaves are oblong-lance shaped, arranged at the base, up to 6.5 cm (2.6 in) long, margins entire or deeply lobed. The white or mauve singular flowers are about 5 mm (0.20 in) in diameter, peduncle 4–17 cm (1.6–6.7 in) long, involucral bracts blunt or rounded and finely toothed. Flowering occurs from September to May and the fruit is an obovate-wedge-shaped achene about 1.5 mm (0.059 in) long, bristly and brownish to black.[2][3]