Blue Bottle-daisy

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Lagenophora stipitata

Small perennial herb to 10 cm (can be taller) with a loose rosette of hairy scalloped leaves. Small blue to mauve daisy flowers on coarsely hairy stems.

Details
Flora Type
Herbs
Former Scientific Name
Lagenifera stipitata
Other Common Names
Common Lagenifera
Distinctive Features

Thin fibrous roots with a slender spreading rhizome.
Biology

Perennial. Common in shady woodlands.
Native Status
Native
Flowering Time

Sep-JanFF
Taxonomy
Phylum
Tracheophyta (Vascular Plants)
Class
Magnoliopsida (Flowering Plants)
Order
Asterales
Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Lagenophora
Species
gracilis

Source: Atlas of Living Australia

Interesting Facts
Similar Species

Confused with Solenogyne gunnii which has shorter stouter flower stems and magenta-tinged flowers.
Native Status
Native