Erodiophyllum elderi
Erodiophyllum elderi, commonly known as Koonamore daisy, is a flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to Australia. It is a small perennial herb with upright stems and purple daisy-like flowers.
Description
Erodiophyllum elderi is a small, perennial, woody herb with upright, roughly hairy stems to high and wide. Leaves are bright green, hairy, spear-shaped, long, wide, broadly toothed and tapering to the petiole. The flower heads in diameter, purple or white, disc florets yellow, peduncles hairy, thick, long, bracts lance-shaped, about long, hairy, becoming woody and hard as they age. Flowering occurs from winter to early summer and the fruit is a woody achene about long.
This species was first formally described in 1875 by Ferdinand von Mueller and the description was published in Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae. The specific epithet is in honor of Thomas Elder.
Distribution and habitat
Koonamore daisy grows on sandy flats and clay loam soils in mulga scrub in New South Wales, Western Australia and South Australia.