Calotis dentex
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| White burr-daisy | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Calotis |
| Species: | C. dentex |
| Binomial name | |
| Calotis dentex | |
Calotis dentex commonly known as white burr-daisy,[2] is a flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is a small shrub with white daisy like flowers and grows in New South Wales and Queensland.
Calotis dentex is an upright, perennial, multi-branched, understory shrub to 80 cm (31 in) high with smooth or slightly hairy, brown stems. The cauline leaves are lance to oblong-shaped, 2–9 cm (0.79–3.54 in) long, 4–11 mm (0.16–0.43 in) wide, margins variable, lobed, toothed, sometimes entire, sessile and with occasional hairs. The white, occasionally mauve flowers are borne on stalks up to 5 cm (2.0 in) long, 7–13 mm (0.28–0.51 in) in diameter, either singly or in a loose cyme from leaf axils and a yellow central disc 5–10 mm (0.20–0.39 in) in diameter. Flowering occurs from October to April and the fruit is a flattened, reddish brown cypsela with several spines 4–6 mm (0.16–0.24 in) long.[2][3]
