Shubby Groundsel - native (Senecio minimus)

Family: Asteraceae (Daisy family).

Native.

Occurrence: Uncommon bushland plant.

Identification:

• the leaves are narrow and usually finely toothed
• the undersurfaces of the leaves often have cobbwebby hairs
• the petals are yellow, and mostly covered by the green bracts at the base of the flower
• the flowers have 6-9 green bracts (at the base of the flowers).

Similar species: The native Purple-leaf Groundsel has over 9 bracts at the flower bases.