Variable Daisy

About

Brachyscome ciliaris, commonly known as variable daisy, is a flowering plant in the family Asteraceae it is a small, bushy, perennial herb with white or mauve daisy-like flowers. It grows in the Northern Territory and mainland states of Australia with the exception of South Australia.

How to spot it

Brachyscome ciliaris is an upright or ascending perennial herb to 45 cm (18 in) high with smooth, occasionally woolly or soft glandular hairs. The leaves may be linear, divided or deeply lobed, narrow at the base and sessile. The white or mauve flower heads 7–15 mm (0.28–0.59 in) in diameter, peduncle thread-like, bracts green, pointed, jagged and lance-shaped. Flowering may occur throughout the year and the fruit is an oblong to egg-shaped, flattened achene 1.5–2.5 mm (0.059–0.098 in) long and

Documented on these trails

Found in

• Ikara-Flinders Ranges National Park — Flinders Ranges & Outback SA hikes