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Brachyscome tenuiscapa, the mountain daisy, is a small perennial daisy from the Asteraceae family, native to alpine and subalpine grasslands and heaths in Tasmania. It is grown mainly as a cool-climate rock garden or alpine plant, and it needs cool, moist conditions.
Brachyscome tenuiscapa, commonly known as mountain daisy, is a perennial herb in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to Tasmania. It commonly occurs in alpine environments, and was previously conglomerated with B. foliosa before being reclassified in 2014. It has white or mauve flowers with a yellow centre.
B. tenuiscapa mainly occurs in damp alpine or subalpine grasslands, heathlands, and herb fields, colonising bare patches via basal shoots. In Tasmania, its distribution is more concentrated in the Central Highlands, around Great Lake, although it has also been found at the northern edge of Mt Field National Park, as well as in the Southern Ranges. It is commonly associated with Poa species, particularly Poa gunnii, as well as heaths such as Epacris gunnii and Richea scoparia, peas such as Bossiaea riparia, other Asteraceaes such as Olearia algida, and even amongst cushion plant species Donatia novae-zelandiae.
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 tenuiscapa 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.
