Flora of Victoria

Ascending to erect glabrous annual, 3–12 cm high. Leaves entire and linear or (mostly) pinnatisect, 0.5–2.5 cm long, 1–15 mm wide, upper half 3- or more lobed, lower half with 2–6, usually shorter lobes, base dilated. Bracts 5–14, 1-seriate, c. equal, elliptic, obovate or ovate, 2–3.4 mm long, 1–2.4 mm wide, glabrous; ligules 0.7–1.3 mm long. Cypselas flat, obovate, 2.1–2.8 mm long, 1.3–1.7 mm wide (excluding divided part of wing-like margins), c. uniformly brown; lateral faces smooth, usually with scattered eglandular hairs; wing-like margins 8–17-lobed, the lobes 0.1–0.4 mm long, each terminating in an eglandular hair. Flowers Aug.–Nov.

CVU, DunT, GipP, Gold, GGr, HNF, HSF, LoM, MuF, MuM, NIS, OtP, RobP, VRiv, VVP, WaP, Wim. Also WA, SA, NSW, Tas. A widespread species recorded from the South Australian border to as far east as Briagolong and the Beechworth area. Occupies a diversity of habitats, e.g. Eucalyptus tereticornis woodland at Briagolong, and saltmarsh with Melaleuca halmaturorum at Jilpanger.

Willis (1973) followed Davis (1948) in recognising 2 varieties within the species and in referring most Victorian collections of B. perpusilla to var. tenella, with only some Victorian specimens considered to be 'closely approaching' var. perpusilla. As delimited here only 1 taxon occurs in Victoria and South Australia (other taxa occur in Western Australia). Furthermore, the type specimens of both var. perpusilla and var. tenella are of the same taxon.

Source: Short, P.S. (1999). Brachyscome. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J. (eds), Flora of Victoria Vol. 4, Cornaceae to Asteraceae. Inkata Press, Melbourne.

life Life

kingdom Plantae

phylum Tracheophyta

class Magnoliopsida

superorder Asteranae

order Asterales

family Asteraceae

genus Brachyscome

Higher taxa

species Brachyscome perpusilla (Steetz) J.M.Black

Victoria

**Source:** AVH (2014). *Australia's Virtual Herbarium*, Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria, <http://avh.chah.org.au>. Find Brachyscome perpusilla in AVH ; *Victorian Biodiversity Atlas*, © The State of Victoria, Department of Environment and Primary Industries (published Dec. 2014) Find Brachyscome perpusilla in Victorian Biodiversity Atlas

Bioregion	Occurrence status	Establishment means
Lowan Mallee	present	native
Murray Mallee	present	native
Wimmera	present	native
Victorian Volcanic Plain	present	native
Victorian Riverina	present	native
Robinvale Plains	present	native
Murray Fans	present	native
Gippsland Plain	present	native
Otway Plain	present	native
Warrnambool Plain	present	native
Goldfields	present	native
Central Victorian Uplands	present	native
Greater Grampians	present	native
Dundas Tablelands	present	native
Northern Inland Slopes	present	native
Highlands-Southern Fall	present	native
Highlands-Northern Fall	present	native

Bioregions of Victoria

State distribution

State
Western Australia
South Australia
New South Wales
Victoria
Tasmania

Brachyscome perpusilla (Steetz) J.M.Black

Tiny Daisy

Victoria

State distribution