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Forstera bellidifolia, the Tasmanian forstera, is a species in the family Stylidiaceae that is endemic to Tasmania, Australia. It was described by William Jackson Hooker in an 1851 volume of Icones Plantarum. It is notably different from other members of the genus in that it is not native to New Zealand nor does it possess the epigynous nectaries that are present in the other species.
Forstera bellidifolia is a glabrous perennial plant with oblong-spathulate leaves arranged in a basal rosette. Scapes are usually 5 to 10 cm (2.0 to 3.9 in) tall, with some as short as 3 cm (1.2 in) and as tall as 18 cm (7.1 in), upon which white flowers are borne from November to March that fruit from February to April.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Forstera bellidifolia by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
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.
