Brachyscome Cass.
Rays more than 4 mm long Brachyscome
Cypselas not winged
Cypselas either tuberculate or longitudinally furrowed
Cypselas tuberculate, 2 mm long, dark brown to black. Leaves up to 7 cm long, once or twice pinnatisect into 7–10 segments of various shapes. Heads solitary. Involucre 4 mm diam; bracts oblanceolate. Rays 7–10 mm long, mauve pink or white. Pappus minute, white. Glabrous annual up to 40 cm high. Widespread. Open forest and grassland, usually on clay soils. Fl. spring–summer
Cypselas longitudinally furrowed, 2–3 mm long, quadrangular, light to very dark reddish-brown. Leaves basal and cauline, up to 10 cm long. Involucre 10–20 mm diam. Rays c. 10 mm long, white. Pappus white, c. 0.5 mm long. Perennial up to 40 cm high. Blue Mts Open forests. Fl. summer–winter