Brachyscome mittagongensis

Location & distribution maps

Common name:                ...

Conservation status:  ...

Etymology:   

• The genus name Brachyscome is from the classical Greek brachys ("short") and kome ("hair"), a reference to the very short pappus bristles

• The specific epithet (mittagongensis) is in reference to Mittagong the area of distribution of the species

Flowers:                  

• The flowers florets have about 40 white petals, 8.5 mm long with four veins meeting at the apex, yellow centre disc contains about 80, 5 lobed florets

• The bracts overlap and arranged in one row and five stamens

• Flowering occurs from February to May

Fruit:                         

•  An oval-shaped, flattened achene, 1.3–1.5 mm long, warty and brown

Leaves:         

• The leaves are variable, narrowly oblong or elliptic, oval-lance or lance-shaped

• Usually glabrous, arranged alternately, mostly sessile

• 11–38 mm long, 3.5–11 mm wide, apex squared or three toothed

Stem & branches: 

Roots:         

Habit:        

• A perennial herb with ascending or horizontal branches up to 50 cm long, mostly smooth except for occasional hairs

Habitat:   

• Roadsides, swamps and cleared grazing areas

Distribution:                  

• It has a restricted distribution from Marulan to Berrima in NSW 

Additional notes:     

• Taxonomy and naming

  • Brachyscome mittagongensis was first formally described in 2009 by Philip Sydney Short and the description was published in Muelleria

Sources of information:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brachyscome_mittagongensis (2024)