Asteraceae

Drummond's Everlasting Daisy, Pompom daisy

Springtime splendour, when vast areas of red sand come alight with these amazing everlastings. Slender upright herb, leaves elongated. Flowers in heads 2 to 3cm across that can be white,

Splendid Everlasting

Annual herb to about 50cm high. Leaves up to 3cm long. Flower heads about 5cm across. Flowers which may be white, cream, pink or yellow form after rain.

Sand Sunray, Teitkens Daisy

Annual forb to 50cm tall. Leaves alternating up the stems, the upper leaves stem clasping. Flowersheads yellow, with no ligulate florets. Flower heads cylindrical to narrow bell-shaped,

Common Cassinia or Dogwood

This bushy understorey shrub is common in dry forests, particularly in disturbed areas. The narrow leaves are dark green on top and pale below and have a slightly scaly texture,

Fleshy Groundsel or Annual Yellowtop

Erect, fleshy annual, herb, to 1 m high. Fl. yellow, May to Oct. Red or brown or white-grey clay, red sands or loams, laterite, sandstone. Flats, dunes, depressions, saline sites, clay pans,

Silver Snow Daisy

An attractive perennial herb that can put on a lovely summer display in alpine meadows and among high altitude woodland. Leaves are elongated and form a dense basal rosette.

Fringed Daisy Bush - Kangaroo Island Endemic

Dwarf undershrub to 25cm high, with rough hairy stems and tightly compacted, tiny leaves.

Poached Egg Daisy,

The Poached egg daisy is one of the most abundant and conspicuous plants on sand plains and dunefields during good seasons. It is a stout, erect herb of 10-50 cm in height.

Large-leaf Daisy-bush

A shrub to 2 m high that grows in moist sub-alpine gullies. Leaves alternate or opposite, 20–120 mm long, 6–28 mm wide; margins entire, flat; apex acute or rounded; surfaces discolorous,

Azure Daisy Bush

Aromatic shrub or perennial forb to 1.5m tall. Leaves alternating up the stem, often with basal lobes, more or less stem clasping, 1.5-12cm long, 6-40mm wide, flat, hairy to rough, often sticky,

Flannel Cudweed

Prostrate to decumbent annual, herb, 0.01-0.12 m high. Fl. yellow, Jul to Oct. Red sand or loam, granitic soils. Variety of habitats.

Simpson Desert Daisy - Yellow Billybutton

Goldfields Daisy

Goldfields Daisy commonly grows into compact round shrubs about half a metre in height. The small leaves are flat, stiff and slightly viscid (sticky). The flowerheads are over 2 cm diameter,

Poached Egg Daisy

After rain desert areas burst into life, with these everlasting daisies leading the charge. Previously named Myriocephalus stuartii. Grows on sand. Annual to about 50cm,

Common Everlasting

Chrysocephalum apiculatum is a very variable species which is not surprising given its very extensive distribution. It is usually a small, spreading perennial or shrub up to about 0.

Erodiophyllum elderi - Hard Heads

Perennial woody forb to 50cm tall. Leaves alternating up the stems, 4-10cm long, 20-30mm wide, flat, hairy to bristly, deeply lobed, the lobes toothed. Flower heads with 15-25 violet to purple,

Much-branched Daisybush

The Much-branched Daisybush is a low shrub although it can grow to over 1 metre under favourable conditions. The very small leaves are 2 mm in length and are covered in fine woolly hairs that help

Orange Immortelle

Erect or ascending annual, herb, 0.1-0.6 m high. Fl. red-orange-yellow-white-pink, Jul to Dec or Jan. Sand, clay, loam, gravel, litter, laterite, sandstone, granite. Sand dunes & plains, rocky places,

Pink Daisy - Streptoglossa sp.

Small prostrate plant. Leaves broad, oval with rough hairs. Flower heads 2cm across. Growing in red loam beside watercourse.

Shark Bay Daisy

This conspicuous daisy has large flowers about 5cm across. The scrambling plant climbs over adjoining shrubs and displays its flowers during winter and spring.

Sticky Everlasting

Annual herb with basal leaves and erect unbranched stems to 40cm high. Flower heads are solitary, 20-45mm across, bracts shiny, papery, pink to white, disc yellow.

Pink Clusters Everlasting

Erect annual, herb, 0.07-0.4(-0.7) m high. Fl. pink & yellow Sandy, loam & clay, often stony soils.

Pink Clusters Everlasting, Schoenia

Erect annual herb to about 50cm high. Long straplike leaves. Flowerheads have bright pink papery bracts and are 2 - 3cm across. Endemic to WA,

Pink Everlasting

Erect annual, herb, 0.07-0.4(-0.7) m high. Flowers pink and yellow, Jun to Nov. Sandy, loam & clay, often stony soils.