{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}} {{Speciesbox |image = Brachyscome graminea.jpg |genus = Brachyscome |species = graminea |authority = (Labill.) F.Muell.<ref name="APC">{{cite web |title=''Brachyscome graminea'' |url=https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/apc-format/display/65141 |website=Australian Plant Census |accessdate=30 December 2019}}</ref> }}
'''''Brachyscome graminea''''', commonly known as '''grass daisy''',<ref name="RBGS">{{cite web |title=''Brachyscome graminea'' |url=http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Brachyscome~graminea |website=PlantNET-NSW Flora Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney |accessdate=30 December 2019}}</ref> is a perennial herb in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to Australia. It has mostly mauve-pink or purple daisy-like flowers and a yellow centre.
==Description== ''Brachyscome graminea'' is a perennial herb with slender stems rising from the base of the plant or upper leaves. The branches are weak, trailing, about {{cvt|70|cm}} long, either smooth or variably with fine soft glandular hairs. The leaves grow from the base and along the stems, mostly narrow egg-shaped or more linear, {{cvt|2-16|cm}} long, {{cvt|0.1-1|cm}} wide, sharply pointed without a stalk. The leaf edges entire, sometimes fleshy, smooth or with scattered hairs. The flower petals are 8–10 mm (0.31–0.39 in) long, white or mauve, flower head {{cvt|8-17|mm}} in diameter and the centre yellow. The 15-20 overlapping flower bracts are narrowly elliptic, green, barely toothed and rounded at the tip. The brown fruit are egg-shaped, sticky and {{cvt|1.6-2.4|mm}} long. Flowering occurs from October to May.<ref name="RBGS"/><ref name="WF">{{cite book |last1=Sharp |first1=Sarah |last2=Rehwinkel |first2=Rainer |last3=Mallinson |first3=Dave |last4=Eddy |first4=David |title=Woodland Flora a field guide for the Southern Tableland (NSW & ACT) |date=2015 |publisher=Horizon Print Management |isbn=978-0-9944958-0-8}}</ref><ref name="RBGV">{{cite web |title=''Brachyscome graminea'' |url=https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/flora/taxon/cda6d1a5-dace-48eb-87e0-1152229333ee |website=VICFLORA-Flora of Victoria Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria |accessdate=30 December 2019}}</ref>
==Taxonomy and naming== ''Brachyscome graminea'' was first formally described in 1858 by Ferdinand Von Mueller and the description was published in ''Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae''<ref name="BHL">{{cite web |title=Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/7218#page/51/mode/1up |website=Biodiversity Heritage Library |accessdate=30 December 2019}}</ref><ref name="APNI">{{cite web |title=''Brachyscome graminea'' |url=https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/rest/instance/apni/472082 |website=Australian Plant Name Index |accessdate=30 December 2019}}</ref> The specific epithet (''graminea'') is a Latin word meaning "grassy" or "of grass".<ref name="RWB">{{cite book|last1=Brown|first1=Roland Wilbur|title=The Composition of Scientific Words|date=1956|publisher=Smithsonian Institution Press|location=Washington, D.C.|page=379}}</ref>
==Distribution and habitat== In New South Wales grass daisy is a widespread species growing in coastal districts in wet locations, cliff edges and at higher altitudes in freshwater swamps and streams. In Victoria it grows widespread over much of the State in salt laden coastal marshes in the Glenelg River area to Mallacoota. At higher altitudes in freshwater swamps and streams near Benambra and Omeo.<ref name="RBGS"/><ref name="RBGV"/>
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graminea Category:Flora of New South Wales Category:Flora of Tasmania Category:Taxa named by Jacques Labillardière