Woolly Heads - native (Myriocephalus rhizocephalus)

Occurrence: Scattered.

Identification:

• it is a small daisy with often stalkless flowers
• the yellow flower is surrounded by white scaly bracts
• the long slender leaves grow from the base of the plant.

Woolly Heads is a "composite" daisy. The apparent flower is made up of numerous daisy flowers, surrounded by bracts.

The "Poached Egg Daisy" of central Australia is also a member of the Myriocephalus genus, and has similar composite flowers.

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