Minnie Daisy: Lilac Bud Growing

Class:

Plant (Plantae) - Daisies

Order:

Asterales

Family:

Daisy (Asteraceae)

Species:

Minnie Daisy (Minuria leptophylla)

This Photo:

Lilac Bud Growing

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee)
Very small plant with dark green succulent leaves and stem.
Large flowers, compared to plant size, with yellow centres.
Quite variable. Flowers: Pale Purple (lilac) to white. Petals narrow to wide.
Plant: Upright to sprawling (almost runner); bushy to thin/straggly.
Notice also the tips of the backs of flowers (bracts) can be red/brown or green.
Many of these variations could be different sub-species that we don't know about. However, we have seen lilac and white flowers on the same plant, so petal colour is not significant to identification.
As a compound flower, daisy flowers are often referred to as "Flower Heads". The tiny individual flowers inside the flower head are referred to as "Florets".

This species is classed as

LC (Least Concern)

in the Murray Mallee, by DENR (Regional Species Status Assessments, July 2010)

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