Brachyscome ptychocarpa

Annual or short-lived glabrous perennial; flowering stems erect, 5–20 cm high. Leaves mainly basal but some cauline, at least larger plants with mostly pinnatisect leaves, 1–6 cm long, 0.5–15 mm wide, 4–11-lobed, leaves of smaller plants and often the upper parts of flowering stems linear and entire. Peduncles much longer than subtending leaves; bracts 12–15, 1-seriate, c. equal, obovate or elliptic, 1.2–3 mm long, 0.7–1.9 mm wide, obtuse, the basal and central part green, the margins and apex scarious and purplish, glandular hairs confined to margins; ligules 4–6.5 mm long, white, pinkish or mauve. Cypselas c. 1 mm long, straight, dark brown, ridges of lateral faces undulate, not swollen; marginal wings entire, pale yellow-brown, hairy; pappus 0.1–0.2 mm long, bristles joined. Flowers Nov.–Feb.