Brachyscome diversifolia var. diversifolia
Large-headed Daisy at Undefined Area
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| Brachyscome diversifolia var. diversifolia | MichaelMulvaney | 8 Oct 2019 | |
| Brachyscome diversifolia var. diversifolia | BettyDonWood | 8 Oct 2019 | |
| Leucanthemum vulgare | forest17178 | 7 Oct 2019 |
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4 plants in flower / bud. All pulled but a chance there are more around. Plant highly invasive in other locations.
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7 Oct 2019
Have you kept any of the plants? If so, could you press one and take it to the botanic gardens for a definite confirmation and permanent record in the Canberra herbarium.
The current Census of Plants of the ACT records it as formerly naturalised in the ACT. The date given for the record in the Canberra herbarium is 1970.
The current Census of Plants of the ACT records it as formerly naturalised in the ACT. The date given for the record in the Canberra herbarium is 1970.
7 Oct 2019
Thanks for reporting and removing these plants Rob. Waltraud can you please alert all your park carers to keep an eye out for any other plants which should be destroyed as a matter of urgency.
8 Oct 2019
Thanks Don/Betty and Michael. I have retained and pressed all the plants and will drop in at ANBG for confirmation/record. I should have checked other registers, just checked Canberra Nature Map on the fly. Hope it’s the last record but fear it won’t be... i only had a 5 min search trackside at Majura pines on a morning ride so good chance there is more around :( a couple of plants were not yet flowering but reckon if there are more they will reveal themselves soon enough...
8 Oct 2019
On closer inspection it may be Brachyscome diversifolia var. diversifolia - bracts are loosely overlapping. Will get to ANBG ASAP to confirm either way and let you know. R
8 Oct 2019
Oh dear. I started making a chart of the differences and got a lot of overlapping till I tried the Vicflora key to Asteraceae. In Leucanthemum the basal leaves wither early. In Brachyscome diversifolia they don’t.
8 Oct 2019
Oh dear :( I am confident on Brachyscome now but will submit the herbarium in any case and let you know! As Michael says, better 100 false IDs then 1 positive for this one...
8 Oct 2019
Oh dear :( I am confident on Brachyscome now but will submit the herbarium in any case and let you know! As Michael says, better 100 false IDs then 1 positive for this one...
15 Oct 2019
hi all
over several years we confused Large headed daisy with Ox-eye daisy within the Mt Majura nature reserve. We removed 100s of daisies before a proper id :(
I learned a lesson!
Waltraud Friends of Mt Majura
over several years we confused Large headed daisy with Ox-eye daisy within the Mt Majura nature reserve. We removed 100s of daisies before a proper id :(
I learned a lesson!
Waltraud Friends of Mt Majura
16 Oct 2019
Thanks Waltraud - life would be boring if we all weren't learning new things
Location information
Sighting information
- 4 Abundance
- 7 Oct 2019 12:00 AM Recorded on
- forest17178 Recorded by
- Yes In flower
- 10cm to 30cm Plant height
Collections
- Plants Daisies forest17178 Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Brachyscome diversifolia var. diversifolia
Species information
- Brachyscome diversifolia var. diversifolia Scientific name
- Large-headed Daisy Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 899m Recorded at altitude
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In flower
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