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Calotis lappulacea
Calotis lappulacea, commonly known as yellow burr-daisy or mallee burr-daisy, is a native Australian herbaceous plant in the daisy family Asteraceae. It has bright yellow, globular flowers for many months of the year. After flowering the plants develop round burr-like seed heads that turn brown when ripe. I saw two little plants during the course of the day, although winter is not the time for prolific flowering. Flowers mostly September to January.
Spotted along a sandy track at freshwater Lake Broadwater, which forms part of the Lake Broadwater Conservation Park.... https://parks.des.qld.gov.au/parks/lake-... This region is very flat, and Lake Broadwater is the only large, naturally-occurring freshwater lake on the Darling Downs. Dalby is the nearest town. NB: Just a little over 12 months ago and this lake was completely dry due to the massive drought that Australia experienced. It's wonderful to see how the lake and surrounding bushland has recovered. Birdlife was abundant.
Spotted on Jul 6, 2021
Submitted on Jul 7, 2021
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