Singapore Daisy

Description:

Mat-forming perennial herb to 70 cm high, with stems to 2 m or more long. Leaves 3–11 cm long, 2.5–8 cm wide, dark green above, paler below, with simple white hairs, margins toothed.

Habitat:

Introduced as an ornamental. Deliberately planted as a roadside and railway embankment stabiliser in Queensland. Heavily promoted by nurseries in the mid 1970s. Now common along the coast of Queensland, in tropical and sub-tropical areas and spreading in coastal areas of New South Wales and the Northern Territory. Singapore Daisy competes with native groundcover species. In north Queensland, it forms dense infestations along disturbed edges of rainforests. Also naturalised in Florida, Malaysia and on Pacific Islands. - Weeds Australia