Basalt Plains Copperwire Daisy

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©Podolepis sp. 1 Bill Strong CC2.5, Podolepis sp. 1 Chris Clarke CC2.5, Podolepis sp. 1 Russel Best CC2.5, Anze Liang

Podolepis linnearfolia

Erect tuft to 60 cm with a rosette of leaves at ground level. Leaves dark green, to 10 cm long. The stems are unbranched and covered in short rough hairs. Bright yellow daisy-like flowers.

Details
Flora Type
Herbs
Former Scientific Name
Podolepis aff. jaceoides, Podolepis sp. 1
Identifying Characteristics

Readily distinguished from P. jaceoides by its linear, usually glabrescent basal leaves, generally smaller capitula, narrower claws and long-acuminate laminas on the intermediate involucral bracts
Distinctive Features

Thin leaves, and long pointed leaf-bracts under the flowerhead. Very thin flower stems like copper wire.
Biology

Perennial. Heavy clay soils in grasslands. Found on basalt plains north and west of Melbourne but possibly also SA.
Native Status
Native
Flowering Time

Sep-Nov
Taxonomy
Phylum
Tracheophyta (Vascular Plants)
Class
Magnoliopsida (Flowering Plants)
Order
Asterales
Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Podolepis
Species
sp.
Scattered across southeastern Australia between the Clare Valley in South Australia and Omeo in Victoria. Mostly found on grasslands, but may also occur in grassy woodlands, open forests and around swamps.

Source: Atlas of Living Australia

Very rare.

Interesting Facts
Native Status
Native