Vittadinia sp. New Holland Daisy ³

Small shrub or herb with green or grey-green leaves growing on base and up stem. Flowers are purple or electric blue with a yellow centre, and become a wool like ball when it goes to seed.
V. gracilis - leaves are densely covered with woolly white hairs, giving a blue appearance.
V. cuneata - leaves covered in short white hairs, giving a grey-green appearance.
V. blackii - green and hairless (notables species in Playford)
V. megacephala - larger plant, large egg-shaped flowers.

Flowers throughout year

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1. (c) Renae Williams, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), uploaded by Renae Williams
2. (c) Renae Williams, all rights reserved, uploaded by Renae Williams
3. Adapted by Renae Williams from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vittadinia

More Info

• iNat taxon page
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• eFloras.org
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• SEINet Symbiota portals
• Tropicos

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