- = Brachyscome odorata Hook.f., Handb. New Zealand Fl. 138 (1864) – as Brachycome odorata
- = Brachyscome thomsonii Kirk, Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 16: 372 (1883 [1884]) – as Brachycome thomsonii
- ≡ Brachyscome radicata var. thomsonii (Kirk) Allan, Fl. New Zealand 1, 600 (1961) – as Brachycome radicata var. thomsonii
- = Brachyscome thomsonii var. dubia Kirk, Stud. Fl. New Zealand 261 (1899) – as Brachycome thomsonii var. dubia
- ≡ Brachyscome radicata var. dubia (Kirk) Allan, Fl. New Zealand 1, 601 (1961) – as Brachycome radicata var. dubia
- = Brachyscome thomsonii var. membranifolia Kirk, Stud. Fl. New Zealand 261 (1899) – as Brachycome thomsonii var. membranifolia
- ≡ Brachyscome radicata var. membranifolia (Kirk) Allan, Fl. New Zealand 1, 600 (1961) – as Brachycome radicata var. membranifolia
- = Brachyscome polita Kirk, Stud. Fl. New Zealand 261 (1899) – as Brachycome polita
- ≡ Brachyscome thomsonii var. polita (Kirk) Cheeseman, Man. New Zealand Fl. 277 (1906) – as Brachycome thomsonii var. polita
- ≡ Brachyscome radicata var. polita (Kirk) Allan, Fl. New Zealand 1, 601 (1961) – as Brachycome radicata var. polita
Perennial rosette or sparingly branched herb. Lvs spathulate or cuneately narrowed to winged petiole and obovate to oblong, with (1)–3–4–(6) pairs of rounded or sharp teeth or lobes (seldom lyrate-pinnatifid), glabrous or sparsely to densely clothed in short- or long-stalked glandular hairs on both surfaces and margins, 12–60–(120) × 3–20 mm. Peduncle often with up to 3 lvs becoming reduced and scale-like above, sometimes naked, sparsely to densely clothed in glandular hairs especially near capitulum, (2.5)–5–12–(15) cm long and 0.6–2 mm diam. at flowering, up to 15–(23) cm long at fruiting. Involucral bracts elliptic-oblong, obtuse to subacute and often fimbriate at apex, usually glandular at least near base, rarely glabrous, 2.5–4 mm long. Rays numerous, usually white, rarely flushed pink or lilac, c. 5–8 mm long. Disc yellow. Achenes obovoid-oblong, compressed or subterete, glandular, 2.5–4 mm long; pappus of few bristles 0.1–0.5 mm long.
[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]
Flowering: (Oct.)–Dec.–Mar.–(May)