Pleated Copper-wire Daisy
Plant Fully Budding
Pleated Copper-wire Daisy
Plant Flowering
| Pleated Copper-wire Daisy Plant Fully Budding | | Pleated Copper-wire Daisy Plant Flowering | | ||
 | Class: | Plants (Plantae) - Land Plants (Charophyta) - Land Plants (Equisetopsida) | |||
| Order: | Sunflowers (Asterales) | ||||
| Family: | Daisy (Asteraceae) iNaturalist Observation | ||||
| Species: | Pleated Copper-wire Daisy (Podolepis rugata var rugata) | ||||
| This Photo: | 🔍Bud🔎 | ||||
| Other name: | Pleated Podolepis | ||||
General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere A single bright yellow flower on top of copper coloured wiry stems. We have one plant (type2) that looks identical to all the other's except for the flowers. It's quite distinct, being larger, with longer petals (in relation to size) that are "untidy". The usual one (type1) is very neat with it's petals arranged very symmetrically. It's possible Type 2 is a different variety that we haven't identified yet. The plant base bulks up over winter and then thins out while flowering; looking half dead. The flower heads stay on the plant 'till the next season; well after they've seeded and shrivelled to black, only pushing them out when the new buds form. | |||||
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