Giant-headed New Holland Daisy
Flower, Profile
Giant-headed New Holland Daisy
Flower, Finishing
| Giant-headed New Holland Daisy Flower, Profile | | Giant-headed New Holland Daisy Flower, Finishing | | ||
 | Class: | Plants (Plantae) - Land Plants (Charophyta) - Land Plants (Equisetopsida) | |||
| Order: | Sunflowers (Asterales) | ||||
| Family: | Daisy (Asteraceae) iNaturalist Observation | ||||
| Species: | Giant-headed New Holland Daisy (Vittadinia megacephala) | ||||
| This Photo: | Flower, Aging | ||||
| Other names: | Big-head New Holland Daisy, Giant New Holland Daisy or Large-head New Holland Daisy | ||||
Thank you Tony and Jenny Dominelli for confirming the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere The common name derives from the species name; "mega" which means very large, big or giant & "cephala" meaning 'of the head'. Thanks to Ian Gibbins for informing us that the genus name of Vittadinia is in honour of "Carlo Vittadini, (1800-1865), an Italian doctor and mycologist, author of several important works on Italian mushroom species. The name was given by French botanist Achille Richard in 1832 to a species he collected in New Zealand." We seemed to have missed measuring this genera; we will rectify this at the earliest opportunity. | |||||
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