Flowers and leaves. Photo: Richard Hartland, White Elephant Reserve, Vic

Flowers, seeds, and leaves. Photo: Russell Best, near Melbourne, Vic

Flower and seeds. Australian Plant Image Index, photo: Murray Fagg, Scottsdale Bush Heritage Reserve near Bredbo, NSW

Common Name

Woolly New Holland Daisy

Family

Asteraceae

Notes

Shrub to 40cm tall.  Leaves alternating up the stems, 1-4cm long, 2-7mm wide, flat to folded lengthwise, hairy, slightly sticky, the edges entire, tips blunt.  Flowers mauve to violet-purple with a yellow to orange centre, with many 'petals'.  Flower heads borne singly or in small groups at the ends of the stems.

PlantNET description:  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Vittadinia~gracilis