Scientific Name: Brachyscome multifida
Common Name: cut-leaf daisy, rock daisy
Family Name: Asteraceae
Origin: Australia / New Zealand
Hardiness Zone: Zone 11: (above 4 °C)
Plant Type: Annual (grown as)
Mature Size: 0.4 - 0.7m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width)
Habit: Spreading
Form: Creeping / Mat-like, Mounded
Texture: Fine
Landscape Uses: Bedding plant, Container planting, Hanging basket, Perennial border, Summer interest
Exposure: Full sun
Soil or Media: Well-drained
Leaves: Lobed, Alternate, Soft flexible, Pinnate venation, Glabrous, Filiform, Oblanceolate, Dentate, Entire
Flowers: Head (capitulum), White, Yellow, Blue, Purple, Pink, May-Jun-Jul-Aug-Sep-Oct
Fruit: Achene, Brown, Sep-Oct
Key ID Features:
Leaves alternate, oblanceolate, 3-8cm long x 2-3cm wide, bright green, deeply divided with ultimate lobes/ segments 3-17mm long x 1-3mm wide; flower heads 2-3cm wide, ray florets pale blue to purple (mauve, pink or white cvs.), disk florets yellow.