Curio

State Library of New South Wales
‘Bird and Flowers of Port Jackson’: Masked lapwing (Vanellus miles) and Grassland daisy (Rutidosis leptorrhynchoides), 1790

‘Bird and Flowers of Port Jackson’: Masked lapwing (Vanellus miles) and Grassland daisy (Rutidosis leptorrhynchoides), 1790

Raper Collection, courtesy of the Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London; Presented by Eva Godman, 1962; Raper drawing – no. 52

Watercolour

The Grassland daisy occurs in south eastern Australia including Canberra and Goulburn.
The Button wrinklewort or Grassland daisy lives for around 10–15 years.
Grassland daisies flower from October to March and are visited by scarab beetles, flies and moths.
The Grassland daisy is a shrub with orange-yellow flowers and stems around 35 centimetres tall.
The Grassland daisy is also known as the Button wrinklewort.
The Grassland daisy is currently listed as an endangered species in Australia.