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Grass Daisy

Brachyscome graminea

Grass Daisy
Photo: Natalie Tapson, CC BY 3.0

Grass daisy is a low perennial native to southeastern Australia that forms trailing, slender stems with mauve-pink or purple daisy-like flowers and yellow centres. It thrives in moist, wet soils, so keep its roots consistently damp.

Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Grows as
Grass, Perennial
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Keep the soil consistently moist and do not let it dry out.
Soil
Moist, humus-rich soil or a damp garden bed; tolerates wet ground.
Temperature
Cool to mild temperatures; frost-tolerant in temperate climates.
How easy
Easy
Native range
SE. Australia
Climate
temperate

About

Brachyscome graminea, commonly known as grass daisy, is a perennial herb in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to Australia. It has mostly mauve-pink or purple daisy-like flowers and a yellow centre.

Where it grows

In New South Wales grass daisy is a widespread species growing in coastal districts in wet locations, cliff edges and at higher altitudes in freshwater swamps and streams.

Other Brachyscome plants

Hill Daisy · Grass Daisy · Border Ranges Daisy · Swamp Daisy · Brachyscome bellidioides · Brachyscome campylocarpa · Brachyscome chrysoglossa · Bushy cut leaf daisy · Field Daisy · Brachyscome dichromosomatica · Brachyscome dissectifolia · Brachyscome gilesii

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Brachyscome graminea by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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