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Calotis Xanthosioidea
''Calotis'' is a genus of herbs or small shrubs in the daisy family Asteraceae. Most of the species are native to Australia, while two occur in Asia. ; Species References

Astereae Asteraceae genera Taxa named by Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773) {{Astereae-stub ...
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Calotis Cuneifolia
''Calotis cuneifolia'' commonly known as purple burr-daisy, is a flowering plant in the family Asteraceae found in many parts of eastern and central Australia. It has purple, white or blue daisy-like flowers with variable shaped leaves. Description ''Calotis cuneifolia'' is a small perennial upright or prostrate herb to high and covered with rigid hairs. The basal leaves more or less woody, soon withering, upper leaves wedge to spoon-shaped, lobed near the apex, long, wide, simple, sessile (botany), sessile, occasional hairs and arranged alternately. The blue, white or purple flower heads in diameter, single or in two or three cymes on slender stems with a yellow disc. Flowering occurs mostly from September to December and the fruit is a flattened cypsela (botany), cypsela covered with barbed spines. Taxonomy and naming ''Calotis cuneifolia'' was first formally described in 1810 by R.Br., Robert Brown and the description was published in ''The Botanical Register: Consistin ...
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