- = Brachyscome radicata var. β Hook.f., Bot. Antarct. Voy. II. (Fl. Nov.-Zel.) Part I, 127 (1853) – as Brachycome radicata var. β
- = Brachyscome sinclairii var. γ Hook.f., Handb. New Zealand Fl. 138 (1864) – as Brachycome sinclairii var. γ
Perennial rosette herb. Lvs spathulate or cuneately narrowed to winged petiole and elliptic-oblong to obovate, usually with (3)–5–9 pairs of round teeth or lobes (often lyrate-pinnatifid), sometimes a few lvs entire, obtuse, usually glabrous, sometimes sparsely to moderately clothed in short-stalked glandular hairs on both surfaces or just on margin, 10–30–(45) × 4–10–(15) mm. Peduncle usually naked, sometimes with 1 scale-like lf, sparsely to moderately clothed in glandular hairs at least near capitulum, 3–11 cm long and 0.8–1.2 mm diam. at flowering, up to 15–(18) cm long at fruiting. Involucral bracts elliptic-oblong to spathulate, obtuse and fimbriate at apex, glandular at least at base, 3.5–6 mm long. Rays numerous, white, 6–10–(12) mm long. Disc yellow. Achenes obovoid, compressed, eglandular, 2–3 mm long; pappus of few bristles 0.1–0.3 mm long.
[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]
Flowering: (Aug.)–Nov.–Mar.–(May)