Botanical name

Othonna heterophylla

Family

Asteraceae

Description

Tuberous perennial up to 30cm. Leaves mostly basal, woolly in axils, lower with leaf stalks, oblanceolate to elliptic, usually slightly toothed or crenate and roughly hairy or woolly especially underneath, margins revolute; flowers radiate, solitary on sparsely leafy stems, yellow.

Like Othonna bulbosa, but leaves usually toothed and woolly underneath.

Habitat

Sandy and clay flats and slopes

Flower Date

May to September, mainly after fire