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The main flowerering season is early autumn to mid winter, but the daisy-like flowerheads may appear throughout the year. Flowering occurs from March to June and the fruit is a wedge-shaped achene , brown to black, swollen, 1.9–2.4 mm (0.075–0.094 in) long, smooth and warty.
Olearia, most commonly known as daisy-bush, [2] is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Asteraceae, the largest of the flowering plant families in the world. Olearia are found in Australia, New Guinea and New Zealand.
The heads or daisy-like "flowers" are arranged in loose groups on the ends of branches on a peduncle up to 12 mm (0.47 in) long and are 11–26 mm (0.43–1.02 in) wide. Each head has 8 to 23 white ray florets surrounding 8 to 30 yellow disc florets. Flowering occurs between November and May and the fruit are bristly achenes. [2]
Cypsela – an achene-like fruit derived from the individual florets in a capitulum: . Fibrous drupe – ( coconut , walnut : botanically, neither is a true nut.). Follicle – follicles are formed from a single carpel, and opens by one suture: ( milkweed ); also commonly seen in aggregate fruits: ( magnolia , peony ).
Some Brachyscome species, notably Brachyscome iberidifolia (Swan river daisy), are popular as easily cultivated ornamental plants for flower gardens, and many cultivars are bred for their form, foliage, and flowers.
Common names include toothache plant, Szechuan buttons, [2] paracress, jambu, [3] buzz buttons, [4] tingflowers and electric daisy. [5] Its native distribution is unclear, but it is likely derived from a Brazilian Acmella species. [6] A small, erect plant, it grows quickly and bears gold and red inflorescences. It is frost-sensitive but ...
The heads or daisy-like "flowers" are arranged singly in leaf axils or on the ends of short side branchlets and are 5–10 mm (0.20–0.39 in) in diameter and more or less sessile, with five or six rows of bracts forming an involucre 3.5–5 mm (0.14–0.20 in) long at the base.
Argyranthemum frutescens, known as Paris daisy, [2] marguerite or marguerite daisy, is a perennial plant known for its flowers. It is native to the Canary Islands (part of Spain ). [ 3 ] Hybrids derived from this species ( garden marguerites ) are widely cultivated as ornamental plants in private gardens and public parks in many countries, and ...