Brachyscome chrysoglossa
{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}
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|name = Yellow-tongue daisy
|image = Brachyscome chrysoglossa.jpg
|genus = Brachyscome
|species = chrysoglossa
|authority = F.Muell.{{cite web |title=Brachyscome chrysoglossa |url=https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/apc-format/display/64805 |publisher=Australian Plant Census |access-date=2 January 2025}}
|synonyms = Brachyscome marginata var. chrysoglossa (F.Muell.) G.L.Davis
|synonyms_ref = {{cite web |url=http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?TAXON_NAME=BRACHYSCOME+CHRYSOGLOSSA|title=Brachyscome chrysoglossa |accessdate=2009-04-15 |work= Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database|publisher = Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra}}
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Brachyscome chrysoglossa commonly known as yellow-tongue daisy,{{cite web |title=Brachyscome chrysoglossa |url=https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/flora/taxon/cbbfc700-3e43-4657-a151-18f7599a45fa |website=VICFLORA-Flora of Victoria |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria}}is a flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to Australia. It is an upright perennial herb with yellow daisy-like flowers.
Description
Brachyscome chrysoglossa is an upright, perennial herb {{cvt|15-40|cm}} high, smooth or with occasional hairs. The leaves are basal or borne on the stems, narrowly egg-shaped or elliptic, {{cvt|1-11|cm}} long, {{cvt|2-18|mm}} wide, smooth or hairy, entire or lobed. The 13-24 bracts are arranged in rows, about equal, mostly oval-shaped or elliptic, {{cvt|2.5-6|mm}} long, {{cvt|0.7-3|mm}} wide, green, sometimes with dry, purplish margins, smooth or with occasional hairs. Flowering from September to January and the fruit is an achene, obovate, {{cvt|2.5-2.9|mm}} long, {{cvt|1.6-2.1|mm}} wide, yellowish or light brown and hairy.{{cite web |title=Brachyscome chrysoglossa |url=https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Brachyscome~chrysoglossa |website=PlantNET-NSW Flora online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney |access-date=2 January 2025}}
Taxonomy and naming
The species was first formally described by botanist Ferdinand von Mueller, his description published in Transactions of the Philosophical Society of Victoria in 1855. The type was described as growing "in the Mallee scrub towards the north-western boundaries of the colony [Victoria]". The name has sometimes been misapplied to Brachyscome heterodonta.
Distribution
References
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Category:Flora of New South Wales
Category:Flora of Victoria (state)
Category:Plants described in 1855
Category:Taxa named by Ferdinand von Mueller
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