Erigeron karvinskianus
DC. Seaside DaisySprawling, rhizomatous, branched herb to c. 40 cm high. Leaves sparsely appressed-pubescent, the lower ones ovate to obovate in outline, usually 3–7-lobed to about midway, 30–60 mm long, 15–30 mm wide, grading to simple, narrow-elliptic or linear bracts of the peduncles. Capitula c. hemispherical; involucral bracts linear-lanceolate, 2–4 mm long, sparsely appressed-pubescent along the midrib; ray florets 2-seriate, with white to crimson ligules 3–5 mm long, widely spreading from summit of involucre. Cypselas flattened, oblong, c. 1 mm long, sparsely pubescent; pappus bristles mostly c. 2 mm long, interspersed with much shorter bristles. Flowers mostly Sep.–Dec.
VVP, GipP, OtP, Gold, CVU, EGL, HSF, HNF, OtR, VAlp. Also naturalised WA, SA, Qld, NSW, Tas. Native to Central America (Mexico to Panama). A commonly grown herb, particularly in rockeries and cottage gardens, occasionally escaping in cooler districts (e.g. Lorne, Kinglake, Gembrook, Mirboo areas).
Walsh, N.G. (1999). Erigeron. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J., Flora of Victoria Vol. 4, Cornaceae to Asteraceae, pp. 882–886. Inkata Press, Melbourne.
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