scale bar = 1cm.
Murnong (Yam Daisy) - a native (Microseris walteri)
Family: Asteraceae (Daisy Family).
Other names. Myrniong.
Occurrence: Common in forest areas and native grasslands.
Identification:
- it has dandelion-like yellow daisy flowers
- the buds are nodding
- the leaves are narrow and toothed and in a basal cluster.
Photos L: As in other dandelion-type flowers, the petals are finely toothed .
M: Clump. Fryerstown. R: The nodding buds are distinctive.
M: Clump. Fryerstown. R: The nodding buds are distinctive.
In Muelleria vol 34, 2015-2016 (a publication of he Royal Botanic Gardens, Victoria), Neville Walsh describes three Victorian yam species.
M. lanceolata. Mostly alpine or sub-alpine. Roots cylindrical, branched just below rhe surface.
M. scapigera. Mostly on basalt plains.. Roots cylindrical or long-tapered.
M. walteri. Widespread. With large tuber. The aboriginal food plant.