Brachyscome Cass.

Rays more than 4 mm long Brachyscome

Cypselas winged

Leaves without pungent tips

Cypselas smooth

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Scapes up to 50 cm long, leafless or with reduced leaves in the lower third. Leaves mainly basal, 5–10 cm long, spathulate, crenate. Involucre 10–15 mm diam. Rays 5–6 mm long, mauve. Cypselas 3–4 mm long, winged. Pappus up to 1 mm long. Erect perennial up to 50 cm high. Blue Mts Forests on clay soils. Fl. spring–summer Brachyscome spathulata

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Scapes leafy. Leaves mainly cauline. Lower leaves petiolate, up to 10 cm long. Involucre 10–20 mm diam. Rays c. 8 mm long, white, lilac or blue. Cypselas 3–4 mm long. Pappus minute. Perennial up to 60 cm high. Widespread. Open forests. Fl. spring–summer Brachyscome aculeata