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Hyalosperma praecox

Erect branched strawdaisy to 20 cm, covered in cottony hairs. Flowers usually yellow but may be white.

Details
Flora Type
Herbs
Former Scientific Name
Helipterum praecox
Distinctive Features

Eye-catching yellow or white daisies, often in mass displays.
Biology

Annual. Grassland and woodland.
Native Status
Native
Flowering Time

Sep-Dec
Taxonomy
Phylum
Tracheophyta (Vascular Plants)
Class
Magnoliopsida (Flowering Plants)
Order
Asterales
Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Hyalosperma
Species
semisterile

Source: Atlas of Living Australia

Interesting Facts
Similar Species

Helipterum are now recognised as African and Eurasian plants and Australian members have been reclassified into a number of groups including Hyalospermum.
Native Status
Native