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Blue Bottle-daisy, Common Lagenophora
Conservation status: Least Concern
| Flowering: | Spring and Summer |
| Flowers: | Typical small "daisy" flower; a wide range of colours from white, pink, purple to blue. |
| Plant: | Perennial. Low rosette of leaves. Leaves are teardrop to spoon-shaped with wavy edges. The surface of the leaves may be smooth or hairy. |
| Habitat: | Grows in grassland through to forest. |
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Equisetopsida
Asterales
Asteraceae
Lagenophora
stipitata
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The flowers of Lagenophora stipitata look very similar to Brachyscome stuartii Stuart's Daisy in colour and shape. The two plants can be easily told apart by their leaves. Lagenophora stipitata has broad, solid-looking leaves in comparison to Brachyscome stuartii's narrow, deeply lobed leaves.
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