Polycalymma
Sign in to savePolycalymma stuartii, the poached egg daisy, is an Australian daisy found abundantly on sand plains and dunefields. Its common name is derived from the poached egg-like appearance of its white flower and yellow centre. It is the only known species of the genus Polycalymma; a member of the tribe Gnaphalieae within the family Asteraceae.
Taxonomy · GBIF
Poached Egg Daisy
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderAsterales
- FamilyAsteraceae
Observations694
Groupplantae
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14 sectionsContents
- Origin
- Alternative names
- Habitat
- Description
- Cotyledons
- First leaves
- Leaves
- Stems
- Flower head
- Flowers
- Fruit
- Roots
- Ecology
- References
Polycalymma stuartii, the poached egg daisy, is an Australian daisy found abundantly on sand plains and dunefields. Its common name is derived from the poached egg-like appearance of its white flower and yellow centre. It is the only known species of the genus Polycalymma; a member of the tribe Gnaphalieae within the family Asteraceae.
== Origin == The poached egg daisy was named after McDouall Stuart and is Indigenous to a large area of Central Australia. The first scientific description was written in 1853.